The Hidden Reality of Israel’s Depravity in Gaza

Statistics have a valid but limited value in helping to understand the true scale of destruction activated by Israel over the lives of Palestinian civilians, writes CJ Werleman

As a journalist who has covered many of the world’s worst human rights abuses in the 21st Century, I carry the warning of a university professor who once told me to “be careful with statistics – they reveal as much as they conceal, particularly when applied to conflict and violence”.

His point was that although casualty counts, body counts, and death tolls can indeed paint a picture that captures the scale of death and destruction on the ground, they can also, at the same time, conceal the violence they were meant to expose.

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