The United Nations seemingly halved the estimated number of women and children killed in Gaza, according to UN data published on May 6 and 8.
The UN published the number of fatalities reported by the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health. The Government Media Office in Gaza and Israeli authorities provided a disclaimer below the data: "The UN has so far not been able to produce independent, comprehensive, and verified casualty figures."
On May 6, the UN published data showing that 34,735 people had reportedly been killed in Gaza, including over 9,500 women and over 14,500 children.
On May 8, the UN published data showing 34,844 people had reportedly been killed, including 4,959 women and 7,797 children.
The new figures showed the number of identified deaths as of April 30, which total 24,686 people. The new data also specified that 10,006 men and 1,924 elderly had been killed.
The UN also highlighted that the plurality of identified fatalities were 40% men, while children were 32% and women were 20%.
@ContentWelfareGreen1wk1W
This post is false. The UN reported that the number specifically identified so far is less than the entire number reported, which makes sense. In a just world, this deliberate spreading of misinformation at such a critical moment would be career ending.
@Equ4lRightsMarty1wk1W
The UN reports remain unchanged. The casualty numbers have been clarified by the UN, differentiating between identified and unidentified bodies. For instance, an unidentified body might be a headless child's corpse with no surviving family. This distinction is reflected in the UN data:
Identified Bodies: 24,686
Unidentified Bodies: 10,158
Total: 34,844 deceased
There’s a lot of people who have knowingly repeated Hamas propaganda, especially when it’s shared and not fact checked through supposedly trustworthy media sources like BBC, CNN etc. The supposed bombing of Shifa hospital was another one. It would be helpful and in the spirit of fairness to see people retract when the original assertion was debunked.
the UN did not halve the estimate of women and children killed, actually experts note the reported figures are a vast undercount as many are missing under rubble and in mass graves.
That’s not what happened and everyone spouting this lie knows it.
No, the numbers in Gaza have no been “halved”
The numbers of identified vs unidentified bodies have been changed, but the number of dead remains the same. And it is also likely an undercount.
This was also a problem during the Bosnian genocide. Bodies so mutilated beyond recognition, decomposed, or even body parts spread across multiple graves, that at least 7,000 people are still missing across Bosnia to this day.
@ISIDEWITH1wk1W
How might the revision of such casualty figures impact the perception of the conflict among people around the world?
@9MFCC9B1wk1W
people might think it's not as important and care less
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