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The numbers killed in the Hamas attacks in Israel continue to climb. What started in the hundreds has now passed 1,200. And is expected to go on climbing. It’s taking time for Israel to fully restore control over some of the communities invaded by Islamic terrorists. Identifying and counting the bodies has also become a long and grueling process. Some bodies were burned or badly mutilated.
The currently announced total is 22 Americans murdered in the attacks. This number will likely increase.
It is however the single deadliest death toll for Americans from Islamic terrorism since the Pulse Massacre in Florida in 2016. Beginning with 9/11, this would appear to be the third deadliest Islamic mass murder of American civilians in this century.
Hopefully the numbers don’t rise any further, but it’s possible they will.
At the moment, Israelis are still waiting on burying their dead. Bodies are still being turned up. Since Hamas Jihadis torched buildings to force families out into the open where they could kill them, it’s possible that some bodies may never be properly identified. Israeli rescue groups like ZAKA are expert at locating even small fragments of bone and tissue for burial and identification purpose, but there has never been anything on this scale in Israel. The closest parallel is 9/11 and it took a long time to identify the dead.
God, could you imagine being a member of ZAKA and sorting through body parts? I couldn’t. I’m not strong enough. What a nightmare.
I pray that Israel goes all out against Hamas but I’m not hopeful.
We’re still identifying bodies by DNA from the World Trade Center
I was working at NYU Medical Center when the 9/11 terror attacks occurred.
The NY City Medical Examiners Office, at that time, and perhaps still, was located in between NYU and Bellevue Hospital, on 33 St (or where 33St would be). On Sept 12, the bodies and body parts began to arrive. Between 1st Ave and the river, the street was indefinitely closed, and within a short time, massive tents were setup. At several locations around each tent were refrigerated tractor trailers, each backed into a small opening. They were there for the two more years that I worked at NYU, and might still be, for all I know.
Dr. Charles Hirsch was the chief medical examiner of NY City. His responsibility was to oversee the attempted identification of every single body part that arrived in those trucks.
Dr. Hirsch was a remarkable man, and down to earth; He walked his dog outside the hospital on First Avenue every morning, saying hello to colleagues and friends, stopping to talk with anyone who approached him.
Proportionately I think it’s worse than 9-11. I just mention that because it might give a better idea of the psychological impact it has.
Meanwhile jihadists in Congress, BLM and ignorant college students hoping to achieve relevancy continue to show us who they are with their continued support for Hamas. At some point, we’ll need to take these individuals at their word and treat them accordingly.
It will be interesting to see what the United States government position will be in the future. Will the government declare war on the Gaza government because they killed 22 Americans?