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Forse anche più imparziali delle immagini possono essere i numeri.I numeri non mentono, si dice: la matematica, del resto, non è un'opinione.
Se poi i numeri sono forniti dalla più importante rivista economica del mondo si spera siano corretti.
L'Economist ha analizzato il conflitto di Gaza da ben prima che riempisse i titoloni degli ultimi giorni: ogni dato, ogni pagliuzza è stata registrata dai giornalisti inglesi, che due giorni fa hanno presentato il conto.
L'Abaco di Gaza.
Ovvero tutti i numeri della battaglia che sta monopolizzando l'attenzione dei media di tutto il mondo e che è attualmente ferma per una tregua armata, nella labile speranza che il contatore della violenza non riparta.
I numeri di Gaza fanno accapponare la pelle e non mentono.A ognuno le proprie considerazioni.
Number of Israelis killed by fire from Gaza between January 1st 2012 and November 11th 2012: 1(Source: Wikipedia)
Number of Palestinians in Gaza killed by Israeli fire during the same period: 78(Source: United Nations)
Number of Israelis killed by fire from Gaza, November 13th-19th 2012: 3(Source: press reports)
Number of Palestinians in Gaza killed by Israeli fire, November 13th-19th: 95(Source: IDF)
Number of those killed in Gaza under 15 years of age: 19(Source)
Total number of Israelis killed by rocket, mortar or anti-tank fire from Gaza since 2006:47(Source: Wikipedia. This is disputed; another source says 26)
Number of Palestinians in Gaza killed by Israeli fire from April 1st 2006 to July 21st 2012: 2,879(Source: United Nations)
Number of Egyptian schoolchildren killed when a train hit their bus on November 17th 2012: 53(Source: press reports)
Number of people killed in traffic accidents in Israel in 2011: 384(Source: Wikipedia)
Number of Syrians killed in fighting between November 13th-19th 2012: 646(Source: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) 
Estimated deaths in Syria since beginning of unrest in March 2011: 40,000(Source: SOHR)
Estimated deaths from all Israeli-Arab wars between 1945 and 1995: 92,000 (Source: Wikipedia)
Number of targets in Gaza struck by Israel, November 13th-19th: 1,350(Source: IDF)
Number of projectiles fired at Israel from Gaza from November 13th-19th, 2012: 848(Source: IDF)
Number that did not fall in "open areas": 35(Source: IDF)
Number intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome defence system: 302(Source: IDF)
Percentage of projectiles targeted by Iron Dome shot down, as claimed by Israeli military: 80-85%(Source: IDF)
Reported cost in dollars of one interceptor missile fired by Iron Dome: 62,000(Source: Ha'aretz)
Estimated cost in dollars of one short-range Qassam missile built in Gaza workshop: 800(Source: News reports)
Cost in dollars of one Iron Dome battery; Israel has deployed five and plans 13 in total: 50m (Source: AFP)
Number of kilos explosive equivalent in payload of Iranian-supplied Fajr-5 longer-range rocket deployed by Hamas: 90 (200lb)(Source: Wikipedia)
Number of kilos explosive equivalent of Israel Military Industry’s MPR-500 advanced-penetration precision-guided bomb: 900 (2,000lb)(Source)
Area in square kilometres of Gaza: 365 (141 square miles)
Area in square kilometres of Israel: 20,700 (7,992 square miles)
Population of Gaza: 1.7m
Number of Israelis within range of Fajr-5 missiles: 3.5m(Source: IDF)
Jewish population of Israel/ under Israeli jurisdiction (ie including West Bank settlements): 5.9m(Source)
Non-Jewish population under Israeli jurisdiction (ie including Gaza and West Bank): 6.1m(Source)
Per capita GDP of Israel in 2011, in dollars: 31,000(Source: Wikipedia)
Per Capita GDP of Gaza in 2011, in dollars: 1,483(Source)
Verse of Exodus containing the phrase “Pillar of Cloud”, the official codename for Israel’s current Gaza operation: 13:21
Verse of the Koran containing the phrase “Stones of Clay”, Hamas’s codename for its current operations: 105:4
Number of days before Israeli general election: 64