"Since the start of its genocidal war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, Israel has repeatedly dismissed, denied or downplayed the scale of death and devastation in the territory documented by journalists, Palestinians and Gaza's authorities. It has at times issued its own statistics on people killed, then changed them, while accusing Palestinians and Gaza officials of exaggerating the death toll, especially of civilians."
"The Gaza Health Ministry estimates that as of January 27 this year, at least 71,662 people have been killed since the start of the war on October 7, 2023. Of those, 488 people have been killed since the declaration of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on October 10, 2025. Thousands more are missing and believed to be buried under rubble. According to the National Committee for Missing Persons, that figure could exceed 10,000."
Israeli military acceptance of roughly 70,000 deaths in Gaza aligns with the Gaza Health Ministry's count of 71,662 as of January 27. The Health Ministry reports 488 deaths since a ceasefire declared on October 10, 2025, and at least 440 deaths from starvation during the war. Thousands of people remain missing and are believed to be buried under rubble, with the National Committee for Missing Persons estimating the missing could exceed 10,000. A senior Israeli military official did not acknowledge that most of the dead are civilians, primarily children and women, or the scale of starvation and entombed victims.
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