From what I can gather this conflict as been going on a long time and the Hamas group has existed for a while too. Why are all the news cycles suddenly focusing on this the past few weeks?

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[–] 70 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Something like 10,000 civilians dead in the period of a month. Tends to draw the attention

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    OP has a point. There are other conflicts that have high body counts that don't drive front page stories. Yemen. The stuff going on in Myanmar. Uyghurs. Even the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean.

    You're right that this is a significant conflict, but our news industry doesn't assign column inches to body count.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago*

    Not the volume of deaths, but the continuousness of deaths.

    Everyday another ~300 people die on average.

    Not to mention media availability, because it's basically a prison having rockets thrown at it, media can get really good information. They're not really in a war zone. It's a one-sided killing field more or less. So great reporting conditions great visuals. Conflicts really concentrated. Just put the cameras right there. You'll capture most of it.

    If it bleeds it leads.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago*

    It’s that combined with the likelihood for this to turn into WWIII due to the complex web of nation alliances involved in this conflict. Also, many major religions believe the end of the world is tied to this situation.

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