Patient zero may have been this #Reuters piece by #MaggieFick

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-war-toll-likely-significantly-undercounts-deaths-says-study-2025-01-09/

The URL suggests the title was altered afterwards.

Some media echoed the falsehood mentioning it came via Reuters; #TheGuardian only says "agencies"; #DemocracyNow omits the (probable) intermediary altogether.

#OuestFrance "with #AFP" mixes right and wrong numbers.

#Gaza #disinformation #Innumeracy