UN Now Reporting Half as Many Deaths of Women and Children in Gaza

A researcher said the United Nations may have ’recognized the lack of evidence' for Hamas’s original claims on the casualty figures in Gaza.

A U.N. flag is flown at the main entrance of the "Palais des Nations" building, which houses the United Nations office, in Geneva on Oct. 20, 2023. Photo by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images

The United Nations appears to have revised the estimated casualty figures in Gaza, lowering the previous fatality numbers for Palestinian children and women killed in the Israel–Hamas conflict.

On April 22, the U.N. Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) stated that the war had resulted in 34,151 fatalities, including 14,500 children and 9,500 women, citing the Hamas-run Government Media Office (GMO) as the source.