Written questions

Gaza: Israel

Lords · Question HL5089 · Tabled 24 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 10 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Baroness Deech

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reliability of the war-related death statistics issued by the Hamas-run Ministry of Health in Gaza since 7 October 2023.

Answer

Answered by Lord Collins of Highbury, 10 Mar 2025

Like many of our partners, we use data from United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to report on daily casualties in the current Gaza conflict. OCHA draws on figures issued from the Gazan Ministry of Health (MoH). Produci...