Lancet Study Estimates Gaza Death Toll 40% Higher Than Recorded

The Latin Times - Agence France-Presse (AFP) - 10 January, 2025

“Patrick Ball, a statistician at the US-based Human Rights Data Analysis Group not involved in the research, has used capture-recapture methods to estimate death tolls for conflicts in Guatemala, Kosovo, Peru and Colombia.

Ball told AFP the well-tested technique has been used for centuries and that the researchers had reached “a good estimate” for Gaza.”

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