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Women, children make up 56pc of Gaza dead: UN

 Published: 10:37, 16 May 2024

Women, children make up 56pc of Gaza dead: UN

Women and children make up at least 56 percent of the thousands killed in the Gaza offensive, the UN said Tuesday, amid controversy over the toll based on numbers from the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza.

The United Nations was clarifying a fresh breakdown of the death toll in Gaza, after Israel slammed the world body for "parroting... Hamas's propaganda messages".

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