The NYT isn’t saying that Palestinian civilians are considered combatants. They’re saying that the 70,000 number comes from a source (the Gaza Health Ministry) that doesn’t keep separate counts of civilian and soldier deaths.
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Agreed. This is made to invoke anger for a journalist clarifying numbers. Many reputable news houses do this to avoid people cheaply discrediting an article/point by claiming numbers are not comparable.