The state of Gaza’s hospitals: Surgeries without anesthesia and with only mobile phones for light. Vinegar from the corner store as disinfectant. 5,000 patients in a hospital built for 700, some sleeping on the floor. No power, no clean water, little fuel.

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      1 year ago

      Ofc. Just weird to say “multiple” when it’s thousands over decades.

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        @Serdan I get you now. “Being killed” is the present tense (specifically, the present continuous). I’m talking about the current round of hostilities.

        I use “multiple” because since it’s still unfolding we don’t yet have an estimate for how many are being killed.

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          Oh, we have estimates. Don’t look them up, unless you want to ruin your day.

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            @Serdan ugh, I can imagine. This whole thing is so horrible. I hate how human rights abuses unfold and there’s nothing I can do except raise awareness, pester my representatives (in my small, non-influential country) and donate to MSF.