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 SquidMEnglish
    6•11 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.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•37 minutes ago

      Israel runs the population registry for Gaza. I am sure they have been looking very closely, given the extensive surveillance they have employed. Also people had it hard enough getting anything administrative done, if all the papers are in order. So not getting the papers by not registering the births would also be outside peoples interests.

      Finally the “Hamas run health ministry” has provided reliable data about people killed in previous assaults, so before the collapse of the health system since October 2023, the data in Gaza was also solid.