Although the Israeli defense forces stick by their estimates of 1100-1200 people killed during the Gaza conflict, of which more than two-thirds were Hamas members, smaller numbers may be more accurate. The Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera is apparently citing a Gazan doctor, who estimated total deaths at no more than 500-600, most of them 'youths recruited to Hamas' ranks'.
Given that casualty figures in past Mideast conflicts have been inflated by orders of magnitude (the 'massacre' at Jenin several years ago consisted not of 1500 people, but of 54, of whom 45 were armed men), it's truly astonishing that the media still gets away with spreading fake numbers. (Thanks to Smooth Stone.)
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