Researchers say the death toll from the first eight months of the genocide may have undercounted 26,000 deaths.

An official Palestinian tally of direct deaths in the Israel-Hamas war likely undercounted the number of casualties by around 40% in the first nine months of the war as the Gaza Strip's healthcare infrastructure unravelled,

Gaza's Health Ministry says the death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has climbed above 46,000. The ministry updated its toll from the ongoing 15-month conflict on Thursday.

UK-led group of researchers estimated that almost 60 per cent of deaths were women, children and the elderly Research published in The Lancet medical journal on Friday estimates that the death toll in Gaza during the first nine months of the war between Israel and Hamas was around 40 per cent higher than recorded by the Palestinian territory's