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2024-12-16 17:36:57 UTC - HELPFUL
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The headline is misleading. The study actually claims that the official Gaza death toll makes no distinction between civilian and militant deaths. https://henryjacksonsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/HJS-Questionable-Counting-%E2%80%93-Hamas-Report-web.pdf?__cf_chl_tk=gXVgd2jP_ry_iEXiTM2y0e5qCvfuiv86GTo1ZpjucLI-1734352066-1.0.1.1-9AnMZJPyEjjN_CfOYzrdZyXHtSPZ4ehX44hc8aeGuPg Other studies have claimed that the death toll is actually higher than the official figures. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-19/gaza-death-toll-numbers-killed-israel-strikes-buried-body-parts/104259532#:~:text=A%20letter%20published%20in%20July,war%20ultimately%20could%20be%20186%2C000%2C https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01169-3/fulltext
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