"No evidence of inflated mortality reporting from the Gaza Ministry of Health".

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)02713-7/fulltext|
(NB: This URL might have to be copied and pasted in full, as the direct link doesn't seem to work)

I'll go with the peer-reviewed medical journal over a professor of sports analytics.

Is doing nothing more than a pair wise comparison between hamas fatality numbers and UNWRA numbers.

It's stupid.

They don't address the linearity of the numbers, or the inconsistencies between death totals of men women and children.

I'm not a good writer.

I'm just happy when I put together a coherent paragraph.

I knew more about woofs and meows until "recently."

This article reminds me of one from Al Jazeera few months ago

Analysis: As Israel escalates Gaza war, its ‘kill-rate’ claims don’t add up
The claims, aimed at fending off criticism over civilian casualties paint a picture of the war that makes no sense.
By ,orange Kusovac | 9 Dec 2023

Israel is trying to fend off accusations of indiscriminately killing civilians, but its claims make little sense. Earlier this week at a briefing in Israel, an official said that a Hamas fighter was killed for every two civilians, suggesting that this was a better combatant-to-civilian kill ratio than most armies in recent wars.

{snip}

But for almost any military a constant loss ratio of greater than 30:1 in operations that last more than a month on at least two distinct, if connected, battlefields — in north and south Gaza — would be a sure sign of an imminent total collapse.

Even allowing for the high motivation of ideologically recruited Hamas fighters, it would still be hard to imagine that they would continue fighting after such losses.

“I see the signs that indicate [Hamas] is beginning to break in Gaza,” Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told troops he was visiting on Friday.

Gallant’s claim was either an exaggeration or an optimistic attempt to boost his soldiers’ morale. In reality, it is obvious that Hamas fights on — in a way that would not be possible if it were losing as many fighters as Israel claims to be killing.

From an October 26 article in TIME

I would love a verifiable number from an impartial source.

I wouldn't believe Hamas number.

I wouldn't believe IDFs number.

There are reporters on the ground and there are UN representatives. And there is probably US aerial footage. I would trust that more.

I will try to expand my phrase to "Hamas' estimate of 25,000" or more recently, "Hamas' estimate of 27,000". Or is it 30,000. I've lost track.

I know it's a lot. I'm sure it's thousands. But after that, it gets fuzzy.

One thing is for sure - the IDF has not killed enough Hamas terrorists for them to surrender. And that really pisses me off. I really want this gigantic killing orgy to be over. Yes, I know that Hamas started it with a killing orgy.

They have eliminated ~13,000 Hamas members.

Hamas isn't going to confirm or deny something like that.

Obviously it suggests that over half of the people killed are not "innocent", if indeed 25,000 people have been killed - which is also suspect.

The whole thing is just one gigantic mess. Hamas started it; Israel is taking it to a whole new level.