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Since the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, the Gaza Health
Ministry states that 37,396 people have been killed in Gaza.
While the figures are disputed by Israeli authorities they are widely considered to be accurate by the United Nations and World Health
Organisation.
However, according to medical researcher Rasha Khatib, public health
expert Professor Martin McKee, and epidemiologist Professor Salim
Yusuf, the conflict may be responsible for as many as four times as
many deaths as currently reported.
In an article published by medical journal The Lancet, they state that
“armed conflicts have indirect health implications beyond the direct
harm from violence”.
“Even if the conflict ends immediately,” they said.
“There will continue to be many indirect deaths in the coming months
and years from causes such as reproductive, communicable, and
non-communicable diseases.
“The total death toll is expected to be large given the intensity of
this conflict; destroyed health-care infrastructure; severe shortages
of food, water, and shelter; the population's inability to flee to
safe places; and the loss of funding to UNRWA, one of the very few
humanitarian organisations still active in the Gaza Strip.
“Applying a conservative estimate of four indirect deaths per one
direct death to the 37 396 deaths reported, it is not implausible to
estimate that up to 186 000 or even more deaths could be attributable
to the current conflict in Gaza.
“Using the 2022 Gaza Strip population estimate of 2 ,375 ,259, this
would translate to 7·9% of the total population in the Gaza Strip.”
It comes after Palestinians in Gaza City reported experiencing one of
the most intense Israeli bombardments since the attacks began in the
wake of October 7
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24437923.gaza-death-toll-high-186-000-warn-health-experts/
The Isaeli leadership should all be hanged at war's end. Genocide is a recognized war crime under international law
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