in simple words, they destroyed every official institution and displaced every official. it stalled out because the institution that is most able to keep track, outside of the genocidal occupying force, is no longer able to do so.
They targeted the government buildings where records were kept and destroyed communications infrastructure to prevent coordination.
As much as corporate media wants to call Hamas a military group, they're still the governing body, and Israel targeted the civilian infrastructure of Hamas as well
Is there any (non-handwavy) explanation for why the official death toll stalked out at 40k for what feels like almost a year?
in simple words, they destroyed every official institution and displaced every official. it stalled out because the institution that is most able to keep track, outside of the genocidal occupying force, is no longer able to do so.
They targeted the government buildings where records were kept and destroyed communications infrastructure to prevent coordination.
As much as corporate media wants to call Hamas a military group, they're still the governing body, and Israel targeted the civilian infrastructure of Hamas as well