Summary
- The United Nations revised down its tally of women and children killed in the Gaza Strip over the past seven months.
- The revision was based on identified deaths, with 70% of deaths fully identified.
- The U.N. states that about 52% of those killed have been women and children.
- The Health Ministry in Gaza has struggled to keep an up-to-date electronic database due to collapsed hospitals.
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- Gaza Health Ministry updates data on fatalities
- 52% of those killed in Gaza are women and children
- Over 78,500 people have been wounded in Gaza
- 496 medical personnel have been killed
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- Death count in Gaza is based on fatalities recorded in hospitals and estimates from media reports
- Critics question the accuracy of the figures reported by Gaza’s Health Ministry
- Israel blames Hamas for the high death toll, citing the use of civilian infrastructure as cover by Hamas fighters
- Gaza death toll does not include people trapped under rubble, dying from preventable disease, malnutrition, and other consequences of the war
