The number of Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip is more than 40 per cent higher than previously reported, according to a new study published in The Lancet.

The number of "traumatic injury deaths" in Gaza since October 2023, which does not include deaths caused by disruption to health care, insufficient food, clean water and sanitation, and disease outbreaks,

Gaza’s Health Ministry has said women and children make up more than half the fatalities, but does not say how many of the dead were fighters or civilians.