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An official Palestinian tally of deaths in Israel’s war in Gaza likely undercounted the toll by 41 percent in the first nine months of the
conflict as the Gaza Strip’s healthcare infrastructure unravelled,
according to a study.
The peer-reviewed statistical analysis published in The Lancet journal
on Thursday was conducted by academics at the London School of Hygiene
and Tropical Medicine, Yale University and other institutions.
Using a statistical method called capture-recapture analysis, the
researchers sought to assess the death toll from Israel’s air and
ground campaign in Gaza between October 2023 and the end of June 2024.
Up to June 30 last year, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in
Hamas-run Gaza reported a death toll of 37,877 in the war.
However, the new peer-reviewed study used data from the ministry, an
online survey and social media obituaries to estimate that there were
between 55,298 and 78,525 deaths from traumatic injuries in Gaza by
that time.
The study’s best death toll estimate was 64,260, which would mean the
Health Ministry had underreported the number of deaths to that point
by 41 percent.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/10/deaths-from-israeli-attacks-in-gaza-undercounted-by-41-percent-study-finds
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