It’s a living hell for everyone else.”In its initial attack on Israel, Hamas killed about 1,200 people and kidnapped about 240 more. Some deaths count moreFor cable news, however, determining the precise number of Palestinian dead may not be all that relevant. Whereas around seven times as many Palestinians died as Israelis during October, Palestinian victims appear to have received significantly less coverage on cable TV. Even if they had reached numeric parity, that would still have translated to about seven times the mentions of Israeli deaths per dead Israeli compared to Palestinian deaths per dead Palestinian. Cable coverage of this context can’t exactly be described as extensive.