Lancet survey puts Gaza war toll far above official counts in first 16 months

A Lancet Global Health study based on a representative survey of 2,000 Gaza families estimates more than 75,000 people were killed in the first 16 months of the Gaza war—about 25,000 more than Gaza’s health ministry reported at the time—with 42,200 of those deaths among women, children and the elderly. The research suggests 3-4% of Gaza’s population was killed violently and notes a substantial number of indirect deaths from the conflict, while stressing that official tallies may be undercounts and that full accounting will take time and significant resources.