Unfortunately the genders are on opposite sides here but compare these two graphs and tell me the bombing is not indiscriminate
Note to anyone comparing these charts: the percentages are displayed differently. In the original post the percentages are ages for total victims. In this chart the percentages are separated by gender. So to compare you'd need to roughly cut these in half. For example: males aged 0-4 are estimated to be 6% of the victims but are around 7.65% of the total population.
For example: males aged 0-4 are estimated to be 6% of the victims but are around 7.65% of the total population.
The point of the charts is that the death toll is roughly comparable to the population distribution, which is the case when the attacking force is killing without tegsrd to civilians. Israel is attacking the population as a whole.
Good spot! Thanks
They do look pretty similar to me, but can't say without numbers. Keeping in mind the population graph is a couple years old - half of a bar height - they both show a minor peak/inflection around age 30 that's maybe 2/3 of the major peak around 5. Babies seem to be spared from the bombing, but that could be fewer births or increased non-violent infant mortality.
IMO, it's not a great data set to claim Israelis are intentionally targeting children, but it is pretty good for saying they are not intentionally targeting military-age men.
Important points! It was just an off the cuff comparison
IMO, it's not a great data set to claim Israelis are intentionally targeting children, but it is pretty good for saying they are not intentionally targeting military-age men.
Agree completely. I don't think they're intentionally targeting children but it does not look like they are targeting any subgroup in particular.
My original intent was just to say it looks pretty close to what you'd expect if you just dropped bombs at random. I might look to find better data later on
It's just a very smart way to spread propaganda by using a real statistic out of context.
Of course "70% of the victims are either children or women" sounds horrible - until you realize that a majority of the population there in underage (and therefore children) and that Hama's is actively using underage children as soldiers - and if you look at the difference between the age structure and the casualties adult males are more likely to be victims than the other groups which are actually underrepresented.
Gotta give it to the IDF, they do seem to be gender egalitarian
This graph is awful to read ngl
Is there a graph like this, but in Ukraine?
I was able to find this quickly but it is not an age segmentation like above. Only shows child vs adult. And it is a few months old.
