Worse even than it seems: Gaza’s death toll
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🗓️ 21 May 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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A careful study of a range of data sources suggests that Israel’s military actions in Gaza have resulted in far more deaths than published tallies indicate. The Church of England, facing declining numbers of parishioners, is selling up its properties on the cheap (14:10). And we ask whether those trendy “juice shots” confer any health benefits (20:29).
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