The Overlooked Tragedy of Male Casualties in Gaza
The world rightly mourns the women and children whose lives have been tragically cut short in ‘Israel’s’ relentless war on Palestinians. However, there's a critical part of the narrative that remains dimly lit—the plight of Gaza's men and boys, whose deaths are too often dismissed under the shadow of suspicion and misinformation.
The most recent manifestation of ‘Israel’s’ genocidal aims have left over 12,000 women and 15,000 children dead—each one a heartbreaking reminder of the brutal toll Palestinians are paying for Muslim intransigence and worldwide apathy. Yet, alongside these numbers, more than 14,000 men have also perished. ‘Israel’ claims the total figures of killed include around 14,000 Hamas fighters, this sweeping assertion dangerously labels virtually every male casualty a combatant in Gaza.
This broad-brush equally taints public perception, reducing thousands of lives to mere footnotes in a narrative that only sees black and white. Men in Gaza—fathers, brothers, sons—are not mere statistics or assumed combatants; they are individuals whose lives bear the same value and whose stories deserve the same grief afforded to others.
The dominant discourse, driven perhaps by a desire to highlight the unquestionably severe impact on the defenceless, inadvertently sidelines these men, not only distorting the true extent of the genocide, but also fueling a cycle of dehumanisation and invisibility, rendering the true toll of 'israeli' belligerence unseen and unaddressed.
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We need a narrative that encompasses all victims of this conflict, recognising each as a human being, not a category. The true scale of the genocide in Gaza involves every individual affected, and understanding this is crucial for genuine empathy and the effective advocacy for peace and justice.
Our job is to ensure that no victim remains invisible or insignificant in the call for justice and resolution. It's not just women and children who suffer; entire communities are shattered!
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Command Pilot at Angel Flight East
6 个月Yes their are appalling and tragic civilian casualties because Hamas uses their own people as human shields. The moral responsibility for those deaths, all that blood is on Hamas's hands. But even worse, they want that blood because it moves antisemites and useful idiots to blame Israel.
LNG ADP Senior Analyst / LNG Cargoes Scheduler
6 个月Finally we heard something about the men casualties.
Creative Director (Hybrid Art Director/Writer/Creative Strategist/Children's Book Author-Illustrator)
6 个月It is totally wrong to dismiss male casualties as being less of a tragedy. However, there's an obvious reason for emphasising women and children when arguing with exponents of war – because it's harder for anyone to claim women and children are combatants. The flip side of this is that when Israel speaks about the numbers of Hamas operatives that they have killed, this figure asserts that virtually every male killed out of the total, is a combatant, which highlights the blatant lie.