Refaat, the death toll may be even higher
Dear Refaat
I am not sure if you saw the recent data recalibrated by the Lancet, one of the worlds most eminent medical journals. They calculated the death toll has been underestimated by 20%, and more likely to be 64,000, most of which are women, children and elders. That constitutes war crime.
The Lancet also concluded that the number is set to rise drastically as bodies are brought out of the rubble. Also not counted as we cannot predict how many will be effected are respiratory failure caused by asbestos and silica. The IDF use specially designed tank like machines to make sure all the left overs are uninhabitable, while creating even more respirable dusts. Children playing in the rubble are of course, more vulnerable. The IDF have also been found by the UN to use white phosphorus weapons, incurring ghastly wounds that do not heal and are open to infection. Again a war crime so far unsaid. Finally the destruction of mosques and temples – one a world heritage site, meaning Palestinians do not have a spiritual base in which to gather and prey. Children are attempting suicide. All not reported in Australia.
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