Ternyata Begini Cara Menghitung Korban Tewas Konflik Israel-Plalestina

It turns out like this is the way to calculate the death toll in Gaza.

Dream - War with any purpose will only leave behind the majority of civilian casualties. Including the military attack launched by Israel in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. Under the pretext of retaliating against Hamas' attack on October 7, 2023, Israel deployed its military in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. Until Monday, November 27, 2023, the number of casualties due to Israel's attack reached more than 15,000 lives. Counting the number of casualties in a war zone has its own challenges. Palestinian officials themselves say that obtaining up-to-date information is a "major difficulty" due to the communication blackout in the Gaza Strip.

"The battle on land, communication blackout, lack of fuel supply, and destroyed infrastructure - make it very difficult to obtain accurate information about the number of people who have died."

The following is quoted from the BBC report, Wednesday, November 29, 2023.

Then, how does Palestine calculate the number of deaths in the war? Official sources of death toll in Gaza, which are periodically updated, are obtained from the local Ministry of Health (Kemenkes). BBC media has studied how the number of casualties in Gaza is calculated.

Ternyata Begini Cara Menghitung Korban Tewas Konflik Israel-Plalestina

What is reported by the Ministry of Health in Gaza is the number of routine deaths on social media, with details about the additional number of women, children, and parents who were killed.

Kemenkes does not mention the cause of death. However, it describes the deceased as victims of "Israeli aggression". The Ministry also provides the number of injured and missing victims, as well as the number of bodies still trapped under the rubble, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.

"Ministry of Health officials said that the death toll is recorded by medical professionals before being forwarded to them. The reported figures only include victims who died in hospitals."

The Gaza officials explained that the death figures do not distinguish between military and civilian casualties. And, because the data does not account for the fatalities at explosion sites where the bodies have not been found or immediately buried, the current number is likely below the actual figure.

A senior official from the United States (US) also stated that the number of casualties is likely higher than the reported number. "To be honest, in our opinion, the number is very high," said Barbara Leaf, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, "and the number could even be higher than mentioned," she added.

Medical personnel like Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a Médecins Sans Frontières plastic surgeon based in London who has treated people in hospitals in Gaza City, also play a crucial role in recording death tolls.

He said the hospital morgue records deaths after confirming the identity of the deceased with their relatives. The number of recorded deaths so far, according to him, is much lower than the actual number of deaths that occurred. However, once the body is found, the body "must be brought to the hospital to be recorded," said a spokesperson for the Palestinian Red Crescent.

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