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The Guardian - UK
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Gaza death toll 40% higher than official number, Lancet study finds

Aerial view of people carrying two bodies wrapped in white shrouds along a street
Palestinians hold a funeral for people killed by Israeli airstrikes at al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital, in Deir al-Balah. Photograph: APAImages/Rex/Shutterstock

Research published in the Lancet medical journal estimates that the death toll in Gaza during the first nine months of the Israel-Hamas war was about 40% higher than numbers recorded by the Palestinian territory’s health ministry.

The peer-reviewed statistical analysis was conducted by academics at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Yale University and other institutions, using a statistical method called capture-recapture analysis.

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