• dx1@lemmy.ml
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    18 hours ago

    We know from footage Hamas/PIJ killed a significant number, including civilians. Back in late 2023 I was figuring maybe about 75/25 Hamas/IDF ratio. Soon after, we saw a lot of evidence of IDF tanks and helicopters firing on civilians, not to mention the dozens of exploded cars. But that is a LOT of explosives in those statistics. 50/50, 33/66?

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      14 hours ago

      The article states that the bombs were dropped over Gaza, not Israel. It also states that the airforce, in hindsight, feels they acted too careful out of fear for civilian casualties.

      I’ve read some of the ‘reasoning’ from this OP in the past and I’m afraid the twist that “the Israelis just went and killed themselves” is mostly wishful thinking

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    1 day ago

    A lie can travel around the world and back again while the truth is lacing up its boots.

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    19 hours ago

    The article claims the exact opposite, ie. that the mentioned amount of bombs was largely dropped on targets within Gaza.

    The term ‘Gaza envelope’ does not appear once and looks like a fabrication

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      10 hours ago

      The tweeter seems to switch the term “envelope” with “sector”

      They based their work on an enormous database including detailed documentation of every sortie conducted in the Gaza sector on October 7. This database was overlaid on an interactive map showing with a mouse click every attack carried out by the Air Force, including precise time and location, type of munition fired, the aircraft that fired it, the relevant squadron and the result of the hit (destruction of a vehicle, elimination of a fighter, etc.).

      The investigation further reveals that besides the attack formations, the Air Force’s special units – Shaldag and Unit 669 – took a significant part in combat operations, and that Air Force transport helicopters landed about 1,700 infantry fighters in the Gaza sector during the fighting and evacuated more than 150 casualties. During one mission a Yasur helicopter was hit and destroyed by an RPG after making an emergency landing. The air defense array also dealt, with relative success, with the heaviest barrage ever fired at Israel. In other words, the skies were not completely empty.