Gaza’s biggest soccer stadium is now a shelter for thousands of displaced Palestinians
Associated PressJUL 2024
Lancet: Direct and Indirect Gaza Deaths Could Eventually Amount to 186K
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The Spin
Pro-Palestine narrative
The Lancet's estimate is based on well-established trends in wars similar to this one and is likely an underestimate. Given the intensity of Israel's war on Gaza, the sheer amount of destruction it has wrought, and the complete lack of safe zones, it would be absurd to doubt the figures produced by the health ministry and estimates made by the Lancet. This figure does not even include the estimated 10K people trapped under the rubble.
Pro-Israel narrative
Though plenty of commentators are misrepresenting this letter, its estimate is purely speculation made by anti-Israel figures. The letter does not claim that Israel has killed 186K people. Nonetheless, the figure has taken on a life of its own as bad faith pro-Palestine narratives tout it as the actual death toll, which is simply not based in fact or reality.