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Source: https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/05/11/un-halves-its-estimate-of-women-and-children-killed-in-gaza/
UN Halves Its Estimate of Women and Children Killed in Gaza
(Foundation for Defense of Democracies) The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has revised its child fatality figure from the Gaza war sharply downward, reporting more than 14,500 deaths on May 6 but 7,797 on May 8. OCHA also revised downward its figure for women fatalities from more than 9,500 deaths to 4,959 deaths. The Gaza Ministry of Health admitted it did not have names for more than 10,000 of the individuals it claimed to be deceased. "While the UN's belated decision to rectify the casualty figures is welcome, it may come too late to undo the harm already caused," said Joe Truzman, Senior Research Analyst at FDD.