FACT CHECK · GAZA TOLL
Claim: The Lancet study says 186,000 died in Gaza
MISLEADINGTHE ANSWER
Not a count: a Lancet letter (5 Jul 2024, not peer-reviewed) took the toll then, 37,396, assumed 4 indirect deaths per direct one, and called up to 186,000 'not implausible' over time
SOURCE
The Lancet correspondence, 5 Jul 2024; Lancet 2025 (Jamaluddine et al.); Mother Jones; The JC
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