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The Palestinian Health Ministry has recorded the deaths of nearly 48,500 people, without distinguishing between combatants and noncombatants, throughout the war.
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Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Previously, noncombatants who wanted to participate mostly did so by raising war bonds.
—Mick Ryan, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2025
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Israel’s Bombing Rules: Surprised by Oct. 7 and fearful of another attack, Israel weakened safeguards meant to protect noncombatants, allowing officers to endanger up to 20 people in each airstrike.
—Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
The military insists these tactics contribute to the rising death toll among noncombatants.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
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Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Previously, noncombatants who wanted to participate mostly did so by raising war bonds.
—Mick Ryan, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2025
Today’s Paper | Subscribe Our Coverage of the Middle East Crisis
Israel’s Bombing Rules: Surprised by Oct. 7 and fearful of another attack, Israel weakened safeguards meant to protect noncombatants, allowing officers to endanger up to 20 people in each airstrike.
—Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
The military insists these tactics contribute to the rising death toll among noncombatants.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noncombatant
civilian
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The health ministry in Gaza doesn’t distinguish between civilians and combatants but says more than half of the dead have been women and children.—
Julia Frankel,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2025
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Russia also shelled residential neighborhoods and critical infrastructure across Ukraine's southern Kherson region, killing four civilians and wounding at least 11 others, according to Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the regional military administration.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 June 2025
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“Noncombatant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncombatant. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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