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Actual Death Toll in Gaza Likely Above 200,000, Top Journalist Says

The death toll in Gaza is reportedly 37,124, with more than 84,700 injured and thousands missing under the rubble

JUN 10, 2024

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UNRWA workers try to help children detach from the war with activities. (UNWRA)

Chris Hedges, the Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist, posted on X Monday that the deaths in Gaza are likely being “grossly undercounted, and could be as high as 200,000.

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He was asked on his podcast if the death toll in Gaza – which is reportedly 37,124, with more than 84,700 injured and thousands missing under the rubble.

Hedges said he spoke with Ralph Nader recently who put the actual number at about 200,000 and he said that number would not surprise him.

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“It’s not even close to what it is now – 40,000?” he said. He said he has many Palestinian friends who have many relatives lost under the rubble in Gaza for weeks who are not being counted in official death tolls.

Nader wrote a post on 5 March that said the “extreme right-wing Netanyahu regime has enforced its declared siege of, in its genocidal words, ‘no food, no water, no electricity, no fuel, no medicine.’”

He wrote: “Netanyahu and Hamas, which he helped over the years, have a common interest in lowballing the death/injury toll. But for different reasons. Hamas keeps the figures low to reduce being accused by its own people of not protecting them, and not building shelters. Hamas grossly underestimated the savage war crimes by the vengeful, occupying Israeli military superpower fully and unconditionally backed by the U.S. military superpower.”

Hedges said he spoke with Ralph Nader recently who put the actual number at about 200,000 and he said that number would not surprise him.

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“It’s not even close to what it is now – 40,000?” he said. He said he has many Palestinian friends who have many relatives lost under the rubble in Gaza for weeks who are not being counted in official death tolls.

Nader wrote a post on 5 March that said the “extreme right-wing Netanyahu regime has enforced its declared siege of, in its genocidal words, ‘no food, no water, no electricity, no fuel, no medicine.’”

He wrote: “Netanyahu and Hamas, which he helped over the years, have a common interest in lowballing the death/injury toll. But for different reasons. Hamas keeps the figures low to reduce being accused by its own people of not protecting them, and not building shelters. Hamas grossly underestimated the savage war crimes by the vengeful, occupying Israeli military superpower fully and unconditionally backed by the U.S. military superpower.”