The death toll in Gaza is much higher than official figures, study shows

Gaza's Death Survey estimated 75,200 “violent death” in Gaza between October 7th 2023 and January 5th 2025.

On that date in 2025, the Palestinian health ministry reported that the death toll was 49,090.

The new study, published Wednesday, suggests that the actual figure was about 35% higher.

Researchers also found that the percentage of women, children and elderly people killed in Gaza, as reported by health officials, was correct, Telegrafi reports, broadcast. Periscope.

The study found that 42,200 women, children and elderly people suffered a violent “death” by January 5th 2025, representing 56% of the total.

The combined “Tests suggest that, as of January 5, 2025, 3.4% of Gaza's Belt population had been killed by violence and there were a significant number of non-violent deaths caused indirectly by the” conflict, the authors wrote.

The authors include an economist, demographic, epidemiologist and survey specialists.

One of the authors, Michael Spagat, professor of economics at Royal Holloway, said the new study suggested that another 8,200 deaths in Gaza by January 2025 were attributed to indirect effects, including malnutrition and untreated diseases.

It becomes known that the study included interviews with 2,000 families.

They were carefully selected to represent the population and were asked to provide details about deaths among family members. /Periscope/