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Gaza's Population Grew Last Year and There Wasn't a Famine, Hamas's Own Figures Show, Debunking Claims That Most Gaza Deaths are Women and Children

The most recent mortality figures in Gaza show that the population grew by more than 1 percent last year, faster than in most of the world, and that a major hunger crisis failed to ever materialize. The data—supplied by Hamas's own Ministry

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Gaza's Population Grew Last Year and There Wasn't a Famine, Hamas's Own Figures Show, Debunking Claims That Most Gaza Deaths are Women and Children
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The most recent mortality figures in Gaza show that the population grew by more than 1 percent last year, faster than in most of the world, and that a major hunger crisis failed to ever materialize. The data—supplied by Hamas's own Ministry of Health—undercut claims by the United Nations and other anti-Israel groups that the Gaza war is a "genocide" that has led to a deadly famine, according to an analysis of the figures.

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