Tobias Huch wrote that he had previously questioned the figure of around 73,000 deaths in Gaza mentioned by Hamas based on sources and facts. After accounting for the people who had died of natural causes, he arrived at about 50,000 dead, including an estimated 25,000 to at most 30,000 civilians. This corresponds to a ratio of one killed terrorist to one civilian; in urban wars, according to his portrayal, ratios of 1:7 to 1:19 are common. He concluded that Israel protects civilians and only targets the terror group. Huch also stated that he labeled the claim that the majority of those killed by Israel were women and children as an anti-Semitic lie. Now, according to his assessment, Hamas's numbers confirm his earlier statements: the actual death toll is around 53,000, with the majority being men of military age, there are virtually no starvation deaths, and the ratio of terrorists to civilians is 1:1. According to Huch, these are not Israeli figures, but figures from the Hamas Ministry of Health with a detailed breakdown of the causes of death and descriptions of the victims. #Gaza #Israel #Hamas (translated)
