According to findings announced by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and published in The Lancet journal, there were an estimated 64,260 “traumatic injury deaths” in Gaza between October 7, 2023 and June 30, 2024. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza put the figure at 37,877 at the time.

This means the ministry has underreported the death toll due to violence by approximately 41%, the researchers found. As of October, the number of Gazans killed by violence was thought to exceed 70,000, the study said, based on the estimated underreporting rate.

The total death toll attributable to Israel’s military campaign is likely to be higher still, it said, as its analysis doesn’t account for deaths caused by disruption to health care, insufficient food, clean water and sanitation, and disease outbreaks.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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    18 hours ago

    Was there even an accurate count of the Gazan population before the genocide began? Considering the conditions they were subject to, probably not. We may never actually know, especially in terms of percentages, how much of the Gazan population has been murdered.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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      17 hours ago

      Was there even an accurate count of the Gazan population before the genocide began?

      Yes. Both Hamas and the PA have a lot of problems, but they take the actual governing part seriously enough. You can probably take the census numbers at face value; Gazans before October 7th were afforded at least that much normalcy.