When will we finally admit: the Gaza death toll is higher than we’ve been told | Arwa Mahdawi

We have no idea how many people have been killed in Gaza but I would bet my own life that the number is far higher than the 60,000 number the media uses

How many people have been killed by Israel in Gaza since 7 October 2023?

It's an almost impossible question to answer but, as the likes of the New York Times publish atrocity-minimizing op-eds that argue Israel hasn't killed all that many people really - certainly not as many people as it could kill if it wanted to with all the big-boy bombs US taxpayers have helped fund - it's an increasingly important issue to grapple with. The first question the anti-Israel genocide chorus needs to answer is: Why isn't the death count higher?" Brett Stephens asked in his recent New York Times op-ed. Here's the thing, Brett. It almost certainly is.

Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian US columnist