NETANYAHU'S WAR ON TRUTH Israel's Ruthless Propaganda Campaign to Dehumanize Palestinians

[Rob H.]

40. "The U.N. nearly halved its estimate of women and children killed in Gaza ...."

FALSE. That claim has been debunked numerous times over the past few days but here's one more.

Fact Check: Did UN Halve Gaza Death Toll?

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"The overall number of fatalities that's been tallied by the Ministry of Health in Gaza, which is our counterpart on dealing with the death tolls, that number remains unchanged and it's at more than 35,000 people since October 7," (U.N. spokesperson Faran) Haq said.

"What's changed is the Ministry of Health in Gaza has updated the breakdown of fatalities for whom full details have been documented.

"So what they recently published was that they gave figures for 24,686 out of 34,622 overall fatalities recorded in Gaza, and those 24,686 people are the ones for whom full details have been documented. In other words, people who have been fully identified.

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The number of deaths in Gaza reported by the U.N. has not been halved.

New figures, that broke down the number of fully identified and documented deaths, were published by the U.N. on May 8 along with the number of reported fatalities from the Ministry of Health in Gaza, whose figures the U.N. says are proven to be "generally accurate."

The smaller number of fully identified deaths was thought by some to mean the total figure had been revised, in some cases by half, which the U.N. has denied and clarified.

All emphases added by me.