Template talk:Israel–Hamas war casualties

unsourced claims
user:Shushugah, please explain why you add unsourced claims? TaBaZzz (talk) 15:36, 26 November 2023 (UTC)


 * @טבעת-זרם Immediately after the claim, was a source to France 24 . I have replaced it with its current Reuter source because of updated number. Both sources refer to Israeli military and settler forces, why do you claim it is not sourced? ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 20:08, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Should have mentioned casualties from both sides in the WB. Now it's there. TaBaZzz (talk) 20:49, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Talk on this template
At Talk:Casualties_of_the_2023_Israel–Hamas_war I propose putting this inline into articles as it is impeding reasonable editors doing their job. NadVolum (talk) 21:34, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Casualties, not analysis
@BilledMammal The goal of this template is to summarize and transclude in many places, the number of casualties. It does not include the method/how people died, (whether Hamas rockets, JDAM missiles, friendly fire, or any other methods. To insist on introducing the loaded claim of 12% rockets misfiring is not only undue, but it's also introducing an entire new topic, without any context for the vast vast majority of Israeli and Palestinian deaths. Please do not reinsert the content without a consensus here, or in the main article discussion Talk:2023_Israel–Hamas_war ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 11:07, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
 * That’s about the lede; I don’t believe any editor is disputing there that it belongs in the body.
 * If you’re unhappy with the number we can omit it, or use the "10% to 20%" range used by other sources.
 * As for the purpose of this template, that doesn’t align with how it is used; please remember WP:OWN. BilledMammal (talk) 12:15, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
 * This is not a lead, it is a template. It's usefulness is in giving the numbers killed in a central place that can be updated easily instead of a number of places. NadVolum (talk) 17:28, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

"2023 Israel–Hamas war/casualty" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2023_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war/casualty&redirect=no 2023 Israel–Hamas war/casualty] has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached. InfiniteNexus (talk) 23:01, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Inconsistent numbers
This template generates similar (but different) numbers than the Israel–Hamas war infobox. Is there a reason they're not precisely the same? -- Mikeblas (talk) 20:05, 25 January 2024 (UTC)


 * One is source methodology. I would even support having a third template that is transcluded between infobox and here, but that’s debatable if wise. Gaza Ministry of Health is one source for Gazan casualties. The EuroMed also counts people missing presumably dead under rubble.
 * The other 2 main reasons for inconsistency are difference in methodology (do Hamas militants killed on Israeli side count as casualties of Gaza or not?) and simply the times these numbers are updated. It changes everyday. Israeli casualties in other hand are stable. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 20:22, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
 * That just means that different references were chosen for the same facts for the two templates. Why would that be? -- Mikeblas (talk) 19:36, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
 * You know how Wikipedia works. It’s a volunteer project and no one is tasked with updating both templates each day. And I mentioned the cases where it is not the same fact, whether it is counting different things or whether it is counting on different days. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 10:59, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Include Injured?
Should injured be included in the template? JDiala (talk) 12:31, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

West Bank
Article currently says 382 killed in West Bank but cites Al Jazeera 2 Jan giving 320. However, OCHA is currently giving 382 so that figure is up to date, but presumably citation should change? And we need to give the date in the text. (A 24 March Guardian opinion piece gives "more than 400... according to the Palestinian health ministry", but I don't think we can use that as not a news article.) BobFromBrockley (talk) 13:13, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Accuracy of Gaza MoH numbers
I removed the statement "The accuracy of these figures, as well as the number of women and minors killed, is disputed." This is because this statement violates WP:FALSEBALANCE. While some sources do dispute the accuracy, most sources, and indeed the most reliable ones, attest to the accuracy of these numbers. Our most reliable sources are those published in peer-reviewed scientific publications (here are two) and they find these figures to be reliable.VR (Please ping on reply) 04:07, 8 May 2024 (UTC)


 * I removed more stuff disputing them from unreliable sources. Also the breakdown of deaths in th UN OCHR report now only includes casualties whose identities have been confirmed - basically those for whom the id number is known. I'm not sure why they do that, the reference that was there to fog of war said nothing about it. There's no good reason to think that is any sort of good indicator of anything - widows for instance are filing the ids of their husbands so as to get assistance. NadVolum (talk) 14:46, 13 May 2024 (UTC)