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> The Israelis are dropping JDAMs, mortars and artillery into the most densely populated area in the world. What specific area are you talking about? The Gaza
by tzs 3y ago
> The Israelis are dropping JDAMs, mortars and artillery into the most densely populated area in the world.
What specific area are you talking about? The Gaza strip as a whole is about 15k people per mi^2. Gaza City is in the 20-40k per mi^2 (sources vary quite a bit).
Going with 40k per mi^2 would put it around 70th on the list of densest cities [1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_proper_by_population_density https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_proper_by_popul...
- ngcazz 3y agoI stand corrected on the numbers. Still though, the entirety of the Strip is under fire - and a human standing in front of another human is no shield when you blow up both of them