Despite disclaimers about the data being unverified and sourced from Hamas, the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports these figures without scrutiny, influencing global opinion and media coverage.
A NARRATIVE ENGINEERED WITH PROPAGANDA
From the beginning of the war, OCHA reports consistently claimed that 70% of those killed were women and children — a suspiciously stable ratio that raises red flags. For example, between December 8 and December 27, 2023, OCHA increased the overall death toll by nearly 4,000 — yet the numbers of women and children reportedly killed did not change, still making up precisely 70%.
Such statistical anomalies are impossible in real-world conflict and reveal a manipulated narrative rather than an honest report.
BIZARRE TRENDS AND SUDDEN CORRECTIONS
Another example: Between March 29 and April 5, 2024, OCHA reported 468 new deaths — but also added 2,000 new women and children to the death toll. This illogical math shows that these numbers are more about propaganda than accuracy.
In May 2024, OCHA suddenly slashed the number of confirmed dead women from 9,500 to 4,959 and children from over 14,500 to 7,797 — a drop of nearly 12,000 in just two days. This came shortly after Hamas admitted on March 29 that its casualty data was “partial” for more than 11,000 individuals — primarily women and children.
Despite this major correction, OCHA continued using the inflated figures in its public updates, without clarifying which deaths were verified.
MISSING CATEGORIES, QUESTIONABLE CLASSIFICATIONS
OCHA does not distinguish between terrorists and civilians in its statistics. Deaths are only categorized by gender and vague age brackets such as “children” and “elderly,” without transparency about classification methods.
Furthermore, OCHA’s numbers include those killed by misfired Hamas rockets, but make no distinction or acknowledgment of these cases — such as the explosion at Al-Ahli hospital on October 17, 2023. Initially blamed on Israel, it’s now widely accepted that the incident was caused by a failed Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket. Still, OCHA never corrected its death toll or narrative.
IGNORED REALITIES AND NATURAL DEATHS
OCHA also ignores Palestinians killed by Hamas — whether civilians trying to flee combat zones or during internal violence. Nor does it account for natural deaths, despite CIA estimates suggesting 15-16 Gazans die of natural causes daily. Over 500+ days, this would mean over 8,000 natural deaths — entirely absent from the data.
THE BOTTOM LINE
The countless inconsistencies, statistical impossibilities, and reliance on unverified Hamas figures make OCHA’s death tolls unreliable. Despite their appearance as “UN data,” they are — and always have been — Hamas data recycled by the UN. Treating them as objective truth is misleading and dangerous.
