I am hesitant to accept these numbers as fact not because I'm on Israel's side, but rather because the source comes from the government of Gaza -- who obviously are directly tied to Hamas.

It's clear (well...to us, anyway) that the Israeli response has been too overwhelmingly destructive, but you also can't trust face value of a government under assault (after all, how many people did that "ghost of Kiev" kill? Haha.)

I think that we need more time with people closer to the situation to help verify these numbers.