Israel kills dozens of academics, destroys every university in the Gaza Strip

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/13896072

Geneva - The Israeli army has killed 94 university professors, along with hundreds of teachers and thousands of students, as part of its genocidal war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, ongoing since 7 October 2023, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement issued on Saturday

According to Euro-Med Monitor, the Israeli army has targeted academic, scientific, and intellectual figures in the Strip in deliberate and specific air raids on their homes without prior notice. Those targeted have been crushed to death beneath the rubble, along with members of their families and other displaced families.

  • Rednax@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    At the end of november 2023, The Netherlands had a population of 17 947 406. In the schoolyear 22/23, it had around 821.1k students (hbo + wo). Source: https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/cijfers/detail/37220

    Meaning about 4.57% of the population was a student.

    Gaza had a population of around 2,3 million according to wikipedia. Meaning around 105000 students if they also have a ratio of 4.57% of students.

    According to the article, Pallestine claims that 4,327 students have been killed. This is about 4.1% of the 105 000 estimated students.

    According to the following article, about 22.8k people have been killed in Gaza so far. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/08/the-numbers-that-reveal-the-extent-of-the-destruction-in-gaza That is about 1% of the 2.3 million.

    So based on these napkin calculations, I’d say student are way more likely to be killed.

    While this may be related to their age bracket, and not their scholar status, I conclude that they certainly are not spared.

    • nonailsleft@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Well of course I’m reacting to the part I’m quoting…

      I found in a wiki that Gaza has around 140k higher education students, or around 6%. (And apparently they passed 25k casualties recently :( )

      I don’t really understand what mechanism is behind your hypothesis that they are more likely to be killed because of their age bracket? The article is claiming that they are being killed with “deliberate and specific air raids” but it seems really difficult for a bomber pilot to select your targets based on their age.