According to a UN estimate, 56 to 60% of those killed in Gaza are women and children
The Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023 are the vast majority (between 56% and 60%) women and children, according to a UN statistical estimate presented Tuesday based on figures from the Gaza Ministry of Health. , administered by Hamas. These figures are released as Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz once again attacked the United Nations on Monday, accusing them of giving credence to the statistics of the Palestinian Islamist movement.
Since the start of the war, the reliability of the figures from the Hamas health ministry has continued to be questioned by the Israeli authorities. UN agencies argue that this data is the only one available and that it has proven relatively accurate during previous wars between Israel and Hamas.
The conflict has left 35,173 dead in the Gaza Strip, mostly civilians, according to a report released Tuesday by the local health ministry.
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Of these approximately 35,000 deaths, “25,000 have been identified” by the ministry – this is “factual data” –to which are added “10,000 [morts] unidentified »explained Tuesday Christian Lindmeier, spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO). “Of the 25,000 identified, if you look at the figures [du ministère]there were 40% men, 20% women, 32% children and (…) 8% elderly people »men or women, he added.
Considering that the elderly are distributed equally between men and women, we obtain a distribution of 44% men, 24% women and 32% children, i.e. “56% women and children”applicable to the estimate of 35,000 deaths, according to Mr. Lindmeier.
But for people not yet identified, taking into account the fact that, in the ruins of destroyed homes, “there is a high probability of finding women and children instead because they are typically those who stay at home”we arrive, “based on a minimum statistical projection” has “60% women and children” You are.