Gaza Genocide deaths exceed 500,000: July 18, 2025 (Perplexity AI conclusion w/sources)
# Justifying a Gaza Death Toll Exceeding 500,000 (as of 18 July 2025) ## 1. Direct, Named Fatalities - **Gaza Health Ministry (GHM)** has registered **≈61,700 confirmed deaths** sent from morgues and hospitals[1][2]. - Two independent audits show this register is largely *complete but under-counts*: – A *Lancet* February 2025 linkage study matched GHM names with the UNRWA refugee registry and confirmed high accuracy yet found **≈41% of fatalities were missing** because many bodies never reached functioning hospitals[3]. – A University of London capture-recapture survey estimated **75,200 direct deaths** by Jan 5 2025, **40% above** GHM’s figure for the same period[4][5]. *Implication*: by mid-July 2025 the “true” **direct death baseline plausibly exceeds 80,000** (GHM count + documented 40% under-count). ## 2. Bodies Still Under Rubble (~12,900) - **UNOSAT** has mapped **>70,000 completely destroyed build...