Updated August 31st 2024.
Recent correspondence in The Lancet suggests that ‘applying a conservative estimate of four indirect deaths per one direct death to the 37396 deaths reported, it is not implausible to estimate that up to 186 000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza.’
Rasha Khatib, Martin McKee, Salim Yusuf, ‘Counting the dead in Gaza: difficult but essential’ The Lancet Volume 404, ISSUE 10449, P237-238, July 20, 2024