And despite all the buildings that were “leveled” in the attack that killed Nasrallah and 20 of his commanders (including an IRGC officer or two), the Lebanese Health Ministry civilian death number appears to be stuck at 11. It seems the civilians had left the neighborhood days before, though no one can say precisely why.
It may be the low death toll that has led to its not being reported in any update which has featured pictures of bomb craters and destroyed buildings. When the facts don’t support the desired narrative, it seems that the “truth” is better left to the imagination. Certainly those reporters who were so quick to announce that the death toll must be horrific, what with all those “bodies buried under the ruble”, have yet to correct that false impression and have moved on to something else.
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And despite all the buildings that were “leveled” in the attack that killed Nasrallah and 20 of his commanders (including an IRGC officer or two), the Lebanese Health Ministry civilian death number appears to be stuck at 11. It seems the civilians had left the neighborhood days before, though no one can say precisely why.
It may be the low death toll that has led to its not being reported in any update which has featured pictures of bomb craters and destroyed buildings. When the facts don’t support the desired narrative, it seems that the “truth” is better left to the imagination. Certainly those reporters who were so quick to announce that the death toll must be horrific, what with all those “bodies buried under the ruble”, have yet to correct that false impression and have moved on to something else.