The United Nations has revised down the figure it publishes for the proportion of women and children killed in Gaza, leading to claims fewer Palestinians have been killed since Israel launched its offensive following the Hamas attack of 7 October.

The figures have been released in different ways by the two separate authorities – the GMO and the health ministry – and the UN has now switched from quoting the former to the latter to break down demographic data.

Some of these for which information is missing (such as an ID number or date of birth) are included in the overall number of deaths in the health ministry figures, but are not broken down demographically.

The GMO has consistently given a higher figure for the proportion of women and children in all fatalities than has the health ministry.

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