Russia is losing 2000-2500 men/day invading Ukraine.
1-2 months of those casualties seems to be non-excessive in an operation to destroy a military that given the chance comes to murder and rape unrestricted (as proven on October 7th).
To quote wikipedia
A May 2025 investigation found that a classified IDF database listed 8,900 Palestinian fighters as dead or likely dead, or 17% of the 53,000 death toll at the time
Which seems sensible since hamas likes using human shields.
Should Isreal have the goal to exterminate all Palestinians, the numbers would be much much worse.
Are you … like … trying to justify the 70k as a small or in any way reasonable number?
Russia is losing 2000-2500 men/day invading Ukraine.
1-2 months of those casualties seems to be non-excessive in an operation to destroy a military that given the chance comes to murder and rape unrestricted (as proven on October 7th).
To quote wikipedia
Which seems sensible since hamas likes using human shields.
Should Isreal have the goal to exterminate all Palestinians, the numbers would be much much worse.