UN confirms Gaza death toll is mostly women and children
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Women and children make up at least 56 percent of the thousands killed in the Gaza war, the UN said Tuesday, as Israel supporters tried to cast doubt over figures from the health ministry in Gaza. UN agencies have since the beginning of the Gaza war in October relied on death tolls provided by the health ministry in the besieged territory. The health ministry said Tuesday that at least 35,173 people have been killed in the territory due to Israeli military attacks since the war erupted. The United Nations says the ministry's tolls before the current war were deemed reliable, and that it will strive to verify the figures "when conditions permit". Gaza authorities have consistently said...