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    Why the U.N. revised the numbers of women and children killed in Gaza

    Here's a closer look at the United Nations' breakdown of casualties. The overall total of more than 35,000 Palestinians killed since Oct. 7, based on Gaza Health Ministry figures, has not declined.
    by Aya Batrawy May 15, 2024 4 minutes
    A woman mourns as she carries the shrouded body of a child killed following overnight Israeli strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 6.

    TEL AVIV, Israel — The United Nations says it revised down its tally of women and children killed over the past seven months in the Gaza Strip as the Health Ministry in the territory confirms most, but not all, the identities of the casualties.

    Despite its revision based on identified deaths, the U.N. maintains that the Gaza Health Ministry's overall death toll of more than 35,000 people killed in the ongoing Israeli military offensive in Gaza is reliable.

    Here's a closer look at the figures:

    The U.N. humanitarian agency, , says 7,797 children and 4,959 women were killed in Gaza as of April 30.

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