I’ve long been wondering about why there’s a 10x disparity between the official Gaza death toll numbers and independent research.

Now my anonymous source Evan has an opinion that’s very close to what I was thinking quietly earlier: They’ll reveal the real death toll when it’s time to actually form a Palestinian state, to manufacture outrage in the general population of Western countries large enough to justify breaking Israel up.

Evan:

“I think the true death toll is being kept a secret for utility later.

If the ICJ act, it will be via the TPS [transnational private sector].

The real numbers on the genocide will surface eventually through media outlets first.

That’ll be the signal that Israel is on the chopping block to answer for their crimes.

This will come.

It will be used as a force to push Israel into severe concessions.”

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Disparity in death numbers are very common in chaotic scenarios: wars, epidemics, famines...

Even now, we don't know exactly how many people died in WW2.

Even worse, in any catastrophe, authorities usually report the number of confirmed deaths, while other sources give estimates of total deaths. In Gaza, those two numbers are very unlinkely to match now. With so many displaced people, and the fact that saving the living must always take priority over counting the dead, I am not surprised at all by the 10x disparity.

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