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‘Horrific’: Israeli escalation would kill another 85,000 Gazans in 6 months, study shows – Pearls and Irritations

Rafah, Gaza. 21st Feb, 2024. Smoke billows in the sky following Israeli bombardment on Alfaroq Mosque in Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday, February 22, 2024. Image: Alamy / Ismael Mohamad/UPI Credit: UPI/Alamy Live News

According to Israel, that’s not “Plausible Genocide”? It’s also not the destruction of Hamas,

To put “at the front of people’s minds and on the desks of decision-makers” the human cost of the U.S.-backed Israeli onslaught in Gaza, scientists on Wednesday said an escalation in the bombardment was projected to kill 85,000 Palestinians in the next six months—which would bring the total death toll to more than 114,000 people, or about 5% of Gaza’s population, in less than a year.

Source: ‘Horrific’: Israeli escalation would kill another 85,000 Gazans in 6 months, study shows – Pearls and Irritations