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Dec 15, 2025
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What are the latest UN and WHO death toll estimates for Gaza (December 2025)?

The most recent UN-linked tallies cite Gaza fatalities in the tens of thousands and track with the Gaza Ministry of Health’s running count used by UN agencies: OCHA and UNRWA have relayed MoH figures ...

Jan 25, 2026
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How have UN agencies changed their casualty reporting practices during the Gaza conflict and why?

UN agencies—principally and agencies that aggregate figures—shifted from relaying unqualified aggregate counts toward separating “reported” totals from a smaller subset of fully identified casualties,...

Jan 16, 2026
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How do Gaza health ministry death-count methods differ from UN and academic tallies?

The Gaza Health Ministry (GHM) historically compiles deaths from hospital and morgue records and registers but, since heavy infrastructure damage, has augmented those counts with media reports and est...

Nov 18, 2025

Which sources provide the most reliable counts of civilian (women and children) fatalities in the Israel–Gaza conflict?

Independent academic studies and international organisations differ from local tallies: a peer‑reviewed Lancet capture–recapture study flagged likely undercounts early in the war (suggesting official ...

Jan 16, 2026

How do UN casualty verification methods differ from Gaza Health Ministry reporting?

The Gaza Health Ministry compiles a near–real-time fatality tally using hospital and morgue reports, first responders, and increasingly “reliable media sources,” producing frequent public updates and ...

Nov 18, 2025

How do casualty reporting methodologies differ between Gaza health authorities, the UN, and independent NGOs?

Different actors use distinct casualty-counting methods in Gaza: the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health (MoH) has shifted from hospital/morgue verification to mixed approaches that include “media repor...