The Death Count Trap: Why Tallying Victims Won’t Stop Israel’s Genocide

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THE words “killed,” “injured,” “maimed” and the like often lose a great part of their meaning when they are repeated so relentlessly.Take, for example, a headline like: “Thirteen Palestinians Killed in Gaza, Others Wounded.” Though many of us can still feel a deep sense of sadness over such a tragedy, the news itself becomes less shocking over time.According to figures produced by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, Israel has killed and wounded a total of over 250,000 Palestinians since the start of the genocide in 2023.