Partial UN Probe Finds Nearly 70% of Gaza War Dead Are Women, Children

On Friday, the United Nations condemned the immense civilian toll in the ongoing war in Gaza, highlighting that nearly 70 percent of the verified fatalities are women and children.

The U.N. rights office reported that it had confirmed 8,119 of the over 34,500 reported deaths during the conflict’s first six months, noting that almost 70 percent of these verified casualties were women and children.