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Elissa Slotkin: “They're saying some really deeply disturbing numbers, like…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Rep. Slotkin: Fallujah was ‘too deadly’ for success; DoD must have ‘tough conversations’ on Gaza

Published | Video Starts at 04:45

… launch this operation with largely reservist soldiers, what do we think the casualty rate would be? What kind of. What would we expect in terms of injured and killed? And They're saying some really deeply disturbing numbers, like 30%, you know, either injured or harmed. And so I think that, again, both for the Israelis, for civilians who are in Gaza, just making sure we take a breath for a minute and figure this out. (04:45–04:52)

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Asserts that the expected casualty rate for a potential operation is around 30%.

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