Written questions

Gaza: Israel

Lords · Question HL6489 · Tabled 2 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 15 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Baroness Deech

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Collins of Highbury on 26 March (HL5769), what assessment they have made of the implications for the reliability of the death statistics of the Gazan Ministry of Health reportedly remo

Answer

Answered by Lord Collins of Highbury, 15 Apr 2025

We are aware of a correction to the Gaza Ministry of Health's (MoH) data after a number of deaths were incorrectly reported. Producing reliable casualty statistics in contexts of violent conflict is often difficult. For example, prior to October 7th 2023,...