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Gaza death toll

Total deaths in Gaza since October 2023, with multiple outlets and the Hamas-run Palestinian Ministry of Health reporting a figure described as reliable by the UN in 2024

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Jan 14, 2026
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actual deaths in palestine

Reliable counts of Palestinian deaths in the decade-spanning Gaza–Israel violence vary by source but converge on very high figures: Gaza health authorities and allied organizations report tens of thou...

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...

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 ...

Jan 8, 2026

What specific incidents in Gaza were misreported early in the war, and how were corrections handled by major outlets?

Early reporting from the Gaza war included several high-profile misreports — notably the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital blast, contested casualty tallies attributed to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry, an...

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