r/neoliberal • u/namey-name-name NASA • Jul 31 '24

Hamas's Ismail Haniyeh killed in Tehran home Restricted

https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-812649

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u/IPTV241 Jul 31 '24

There has been a lot of questions about the Gaza health ministry death toll numbers.

UN and others were quoting it but few months ago, they revisited the number and almost halved it because a lot of the numbers were very questionable and not reliable.

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u/ThePevster Milton Friedman Jul 31 '24

I thought there was some new research that said they were reliable? Or is that referring to the revisited numbers?

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u/cinna-t0ast NATO Jul 31 '24

I posted this link above.

https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/analysis-new-death-data-gazas-health-ministry-reveals-several-concerns

It’s indisputable that the death toll is concerningly high, but it’s hard to get accurate data for various reasons.

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u/ThePevster Milton Friedman Jul 31 '24

Here’s the one I saw recently. It sounds like the data was sound at the start of the war but has become less reliable over time.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/25/world/middleeast/gaza-death-toll-israel-war.html

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u/Currymvp2 unflaired Jul 31 '24 edited Jul 31 '24

https://x.com/History__Speaks/status/1794221187276685454

it was defintily accurate in terms of totals the first few months

some evidence of clear undercounting initially which was backed up by the biden's admin at the time

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u/TheFaithlessFaithful United Nations Jul 31 '24

It sounds like the data was sound at the start of the war but has become less reliable over time.

Who could've guessed that counting the dead when the IDF renders all but 1 hospital inoperable would be challenging?