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UN agency cuts in half the number of women, children killed in Gaza
Updated On: 14 May, 2024 09:20 AM IST | Tel Aviv | ANI
Both infographics sourced the figures to "Gaza HMO" or Health Ministry officials. Gaza`s Health Ministry is run by the Hamas terror group
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Palestinians inspect the debris after Israeli bombardment at Al-Daraj neighbourhood in Gaza City. Pic/AFP
A United Nations agency tracking Gaza`s casualty figures reduced by half the number of women and children killed in the Strip since October 7, raising questions about conflict`s true death toll. An infographic published by the UN`s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on May 8 indicated that 4,959 women and 7,797 children have been killed in Gaza since October 7. That was half the number indicated on a May 6 infographic which reported 9,500 women and 14,500 children had been killed.
Both infographics sourced the figures to "Gaza HMO" or Health Ministry officials. Gaza`s Health Ministry is run by the Hamas terror group. OCHA did not offer any explanation for the dramatic revision. OCHA`s figures are widely sourced by international leaders, diplomats, the media and humanitarian aid organizations. Israel`s war against Hamas is now in its eighth month and the casualty figures have not been independently verified.
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