A more precise picture of Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel has emerged from social security data, confirming the unprecedented scale of the violence but also challenging some initial testimonies.
Israel counts both soldiers killed in action and off-duty soldiers in its military casualties, and so these figures include, for example, some who died at the Supernova festival or while visiting their family in the south.
It’s a bit difficult to distinguish a burned body in a kibbutz as a civilian vs off duty military until there’s a forensic identification of its identity.
Note, though
It’s a bit difficult to distinguish a burned body in a kibbutz as a civilian vs off duty military until there’s a forensic identification of its identity.