US EditionGaza death toll 40 percent higher than recorded, Lancet study estimates
- A study published in the Lancet medical journal estimates that the death toll in Gaza from the Israel-Hamas conflict is underreported by 41 percent.
- The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported 37,877 deaths, while the study estimates the actual toll ranges from 55,298 to 78,525, with a best estimate of 64,260.
- The study highlights that 59.1 percent of the deceased were women, children, and elderly individuals, representing about 2.9 percent of Gaza's pre-war population.
- The Health Ministry's ability to maintain accurate records has declined due to military actions, with several hospitals at risk of closure due to ongoing attacks and blockades.
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As cease-fire wobbles, new study finds Gaza death toll likely much higher than believed
A new report published in the U.K. medical journal The Lancet indicates that far from exaggerating the human suffering in Gaza, the ministry has likely underestimated the true number of the dead by as much as 41 percent.
Gaza death toll could be 40% higher
The official Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Hamas conflict may be significantly lower than the actual number, a new report has found. The paper was published in The Lancet medical journal on Thursday, the same day Gaza's Health Ministry announced that the death toll from the 15-month conflict exceeded 46,000. According to the report, the official Palestinian tally in Gaza in the first nine months of the war likely undercounted the number…
'Fake data': Famous medical journal slammed for suggesting Gaza death toll could be 40% higher than Hamas figures * WorldNetDaily * by David Brummer
The U.K.'s Lancet medical journal recently published a report in which it claims the number of traumatic deaths in Gaza between Oct. 7, 2023 and June 30, 2024 is actually closer to 64,000 than the semi-official account according to the Gaza Health Ministry, a.k.a. Hamas, which over that period stood at some 38,000.
Biased Science: The Lancet Claims Gaza Casualty Count Underreported
The Lancet has a history of publishing agenda-driven and politicized anti-Israel content that goes way beyond the field of healthcare and medicine. In July 2024, the medical journal was called out for outrageously claiming that as many as 186,000 Gazans had been killed in the current war. Many media rushed to print dramatic headlines under the imprimatur of The Lancet — a significant error given that the casualty claims came not from a peer-revi…
The investigation, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, is 64,260 deaths of Gazans between October 7, 2023 and June 30, 2024, 26,383 more than the 37,877 recorded by the Palestinian authorities during that period.
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