#FarhanHaq, a #UN spokesperson, said the new smaller numbers reflected those bodies which had been fully identified. The bigger figures included corpses for whom identification has so far not been completed.

#UN denies #Gaza death toll of #women and #children has been revised down | #Israel-#Gaza war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/13/gaza-ministry-revises-figures-for-women-and-children-killed
UN denies Gaza death toll of women and children has been revised down | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/13/gaza-ministry-revises-figures-for-women-and-children-killed

UN denies Gaza death toll of women and children has been revised down

Spokesperson says confusion results from Gaza health ministry’s new way of classifying those not yet fully identified

The Guardian