New research confirms that far more Palestinians have been killed in Gaza than first acknowledged, while settlement expansion and political rhetoric point to deeper structural realities.

New research published in _The Lancet_ has re-assessed the Palestinian death toll and found that more than 75,000 people were killed in the first 16 months of the two year war in Gaza – that’s 25,000 more than the initial toll announced by local authorities at the time.

The _Guardian_ reported that last month a senior Israel security officer had told Israeli journalists that the figures compiled by Gazan health authorities were broadly accurate – contradicting years of denial.

The research also found that the reporting by Gaza health authorities about the proportion of women, children and elderly people killed was accurate. A total of 42,200 women, children and elderly........

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