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2024-12-01 03:04:34 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 18652B3905E790909176642AC4A68E295B834A2B6ADE748325761AC0F0EFC00F
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Misleading: This 70% figure is not "the official death toll", but refers only to the 8,119 deaths verified by UN. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/nearly-70-gaza-war-dead-women-children-un-rights-office-says-2024-11-08/#:~:text=with%20children%20aged%205%20to%209%20representing%20the%20single%20biggest%20age%20category https://x.com/MarkZlochin/status/1854981312366379519 https://x.com/HonestReporting/status/1857221293956833506?t=L35TNiGjCUgEnIo6G1MCQA&s=09 The UN themselves admitted that their analysis focused on mass-casualty events in residential buildings, hence their sample is not representative https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/countries/opt/20241106-Gaza-Update-Report-OPT.pdf
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