Here is what I take from updated casualty numbers from Hamas: Yes, even using Hamas numbers it shows how Israel has taken great measures to prevent civilian harm (lower ratio than any comparable urban warfare cases) while Hamas has taken great measures to put civilians in harms way (human shielding). It shows that accurate numbers are not generated daily in the midst of warfare. Definitely not in hours, days, weeks, months. Furthermore, age/sex are not the determination of combatant or noncombatant (civilian) status. Partaking in the hostilities can turn a noncombatant into a combatant. But as a war researcher, numbers (aggregated or disaggregated) and ratios are not the determination or measures of legality, morality, or even conduct of operations. These effects based assessments is NOT how the laws of war work. It is NOT how even proportionality works - value of concrete military target against likely civilian harm (cannot be excessive) and all feasible precautions to minimize civilian war. https://bird.makeup/@aizenberg55/1905249003291484566
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