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A peer-reviewed study published Wednesday in The Lancet Global Health estimates that more than 75,000 people in Gaza were killed during the first 16 months of Israel’s genocidal assault — a figure that far exceeds the death toll reported at the time by the strip’s health authorities.

The study’s authors found that there were 75,200 “violent deaths” in Gaza between October 7, 2023 and January 5, 2025, with women, children, and elderly Palestinians making up around 56% of the toll. The researchers estimated an additional 16,300 nonviolent deaths — from disease, accidents, or other causes not directly related to Israel’s military onslaught — during that period.

The Lancet study’s estimated Gaza death toll through early January 2025 is at least 25,000 deaths higher than the figure reported at the time by Gaza’s Ministry of Health (MoH).

Gaza health officials put the current death toll from Israel’s assault at more than 72,000 — a figure that Israeli authorities only recently acknowledged is accurate after more than two........

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