cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/5669661
updated as of yesterday (July 21): based on a statistical model developed by a prestigious medical journal called The Lancet, Israel has killed roughly 434,800 people in Gaza since the country’s military started to attack the territory on 8 October 2023. That’s 20.7% of Gaza’s entire pre-conflict population dead. Over half are women and children.
The news/Lemmy really makes it sound like more. I wonder how many have successfully fled.
I’d be curious to know how much of the 2022 population still exists in Gaza today.
A quick search came up with this suggesting a 6% drop.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-population-down-by-6-since-start-war-palestinian-statistics-bureau-2025-01-01/
Also interesting to note there’s this saying the population in Gaza went up 2%. Not sure what political leanings world population review have or why such a site would have any but I’m obviously skeptical. https://worldpopulationreview.com/cities/palestine/gaza
23000 hamas fighters remain with a population of around 400000 so around 5%.
The 6% announced drop was back in January