"When people throw out 9,000 to 10,000 deaths (take anything you hear from the Gaza Health Ministry (i.e., Hamas) with a boulder of salt), "

I get that the number is easily questioned because of the source. I don't choose to refuse to acknowledge that there is a large number of civilian deaths, including children, and keep repeating the mantra, as many news operations are, that Israel is doing everything it can to avoid civilian deaths. What appears to be true is that is Israel can identify a target, they are willing to take that target out without regard to collateral damage.