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If a ceasefire takes hold in Gaza, it will be a case of better late than never. But it is worth taking stock of the devastation caused by Israel’s massive and continuing response to the admittedly horrific Oct. 7, 2023, attacks during which about 1,200 people were killed and another 251 taken hostage.

The Palestinian death toll according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, controlled by Hamas, is more than 57,000. An essay published in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, citing a well-regarded international scholar, estimates that the real number is much higher — closer to 100,000. And once you include deaths from starvation and disease, it might now even surpass that number. At around 5 percent of the population, this might be the worst level of wartime death in the 21st century. This analysis has been disputed, but even the critique notes that the death toll is staggeringly high. Gaza has mostly been reduced to rubble, and according to the United Nations, of the population of about 2.1 million, 1.9 million people have been displaced during the war.

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