Gaza: Why is it so hard to establish the death toll?
Briefly

"What we've seen in Gaza is entire families just being completely wiped out. That means it can be hard to recover bodies, or there is no one to report them dead, and so deceased people will be missed in counts."
"It's important to track fatalities during wars - and to estimate overall mortality - to hold warring parties accountable and to advocate for the protection of civilians."
"Only when the conflict ends or eases can researchers begin the work of getting more robust estimates of overall mortality through surveys, modelling and statistical tools, they say."
"The Palestinian Ministry of Health - Gaza updates the death count almost daily, and has published five detailed lists of people who have died, including, where possible, full names, national identity numbers, age and sex."
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