Israeli ambassador says military can't distinguish between civilians, terrorists in Gaza death toll

[Eugene]

Source: The Hill

Israeli ambassador says military can’t distinguish between civilians, terrorists in Gaza death toll

BY MIRANDA NAZZARO - 11/05/23 12:33 PM ET

Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Herzog on Sunday said the Israeli military is unable to distinguish between civilians and terrorists in Gaza’s reported death toll amidst the war with Hamas.

When presented with reports of thousands of Palestinian civilian casualties on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Herzog said, “I will be very careful, very careful about judging those numbers because neither you nor I know how many of them are armed terrorists and how many of them are civilians.”

“So let’s be very careful about it, because I don’t know how many of them are terrorists, and our military says that it kills numerous terrorist in armed clashes, so let’s be very careful about that,” Herzog continued.

The ongoing violence in Israel and Gaza is approaching one month since Hamas, a U.S.-designated terrorist group that controls the Gaza Strip, launched a bloody incursion into Israel that killed more than 1,400 people, including hundreds of Israeli civilians.

-snip-

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/international/4294326-israeli-ambassador-says-military-cant-distinguish-between-civilians-terrorists-in-gaza-death-toll/

[David__77]

1. More careful with numbers than with missiles.

[enid602]

3. Policing

Policing has gone to a new level. Don’t even have to to get out of the plane. Hope it doesn’t catch on here.

[elleng]

2. No sh*t, sherlock

[yankee87]

4. Vietnam

Reminds me so much of what was said during the Vietnam War.
I have a couple of friends over there from New York. All I know it’s an absolute nightmare over there now.

[brush]

5. So he's not disputing the 9000k death toll...

just how many are dead terrorists.

Ok, we've got it.

[Igel]

8. Lose the "k".

9000k = 9,000,000. 3/4 of what Hitler killed off, a bit more than 2/3 of what Stalin killed.

Over 9,000, sure. As for breakdown, m/f/kid ... That shifts post killing in previous episodes.

[brush]

9. What are you talking about? 9000 doesn't equal 9 milliom.

Explain clearly pls.

[patphil]

6. Code words for, "lets just pretend that most of the deaths are Hamas fighters".

Based on all the destruction that I've seen, I'd say he is full of shit; all the way up to his ears.
But it's the spin that matters to so many people. They would like to have us believe that most of the deaths are combatants, not civilians.
I'm not buying it. Israel practically leaped off the high ground to wallow around in the mud with Hamas.
Maybe if it wasn't so obvious that they knew the attack by Hamas was coming, and took no action to prepare for it, I might be a little more willing to see the rage as blinding them to the need to spare civilians. But Netanyahu was warned by Egypt, and took no action...despite repeated warnings.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-intelligence-official-says-israel-ignored-repeated-warnings-of-something-big/

[The Mouth]

7. Unless and until *ALL* hostages are returned.

I could not care less WHAT Israel does anywhere in Gaza.