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2023-12-23 20:00:23 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 7AAF531E545EF8E3656828667383168BE0CEF2E22B771E0C8F4E9EB33D680C42
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FALSE: About 20,000 people were killed in Gaza¹, with around 60% of them estimated to be civilians², meaning that civilian death toll is about 12,000. For comparison, the number of civilian deaths in Aleppo is over 50,000³, and in Mariupol - about 75,000⁴. ¹https://www.ochaopt.org/content/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-reported-impact-day-73#:~:text=crisis%20has%20unfolded.-,REPORTED%20CASUALTIES,-(Cumulative)%20as%20of ²https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/09/civilian-toll-israeli-airstrikes-gaza-unprecedented-killing-study#:~:text=Civilians%20make%20up%2061%25%20of%20Gaza%20deaths ³https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements/2022/06/presentation-report-civilian-deaths-syrian-arab-republic#:~:text=Rural%20Damascus%20(61%2C800)%2C-,Aleppo%20(51%2C563),-%2C%20Deir%20ez%2DZor ⁴https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-erasing-mariupol-499dceae43ed77f2ebfe750ea99b9ad9#:~:text=the%20AP%20found%2C%20and%20the%20death%20toll%20might%20run%20three%20times%20higher%20than%20an%20early%20estimate%20of%20at%20least%2025%2C000.
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