This
new expert assessment is in line with the figures Ralph Nader has put forward
earlier this year when he estimated as many as 200,000 have been killed by
Israel in Gaza.
It must be kept in mind that bombs and bullets are not the
only weapons that kill in war.
From
the beginning, the Israeli occupation forces have weaponized hunger and
disease by choking off food, electricity, and water. They have
intentionally bombed and raided hospitals, set drones to take out
ambulances trying to retrieve the wounded, and withheld or destroyed
medical supplies.
Israeli forces have collapsed entire apartment buildings
full of frightened families and continue to fire on schools.
When they forced the last Gazans into crowded, tent-city
refugee camps in one tiny corner of the strip – they even bombed the
tents.
It is known from the beginning that the death toll published
by the Gaza Health Ministry (GHM) was lower than the real number.
The GHM
numbers are simply the confirmed, recorded deaths documented in hospitals and
morgues.
It is known that at every step, Israel has sought to
decimate Gaza’s infrastructure and deny them the chance to survive by any means
at all. We don’t have to guess at their intent – they’ve told us, repeatedly.
