Gaza death toll could be 40% higher – study

The number reported by the Palestinian Health Ministry is undercounted, new research suggests

By RT International

The official Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Hamas conflict may be significantly lower than the actual number, a new report has found. The paper was published in The Lancet medical journal on Thursday, the same day Gaza’s Health Ministry announced that the death toll from the 15-month conflict exceeded 46,000.

According to the report, the official Palestinian tally in Gaza in the first nine months of the war likely undercounted the number of deaths by around 40%.

The researchers attribute the discrepancy to the collapse of healthcare infrastructure in the besieged enclave and the challenges of accurate record-keeping during the conflict.

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