Study reveals Gaza death toll likely exceeds 100,000 as life expectancy plummets under Israeli assault
By kevinhughes // 2025-11-30
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  • A Max Planck Institute study estimates over 100,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023—far exceeding official reports. Life expectancy plummeted by 44% to 47%, with women now at 46 years and men at 36, marking the worst collapse in modern conflict history.
  • Death demographics mirror UN-documented genocides: 27% children under 15 and 24% women. While researchers avoid legal classification, the data align with South Africa's ICJ genocide case against Israel.
  • Official Gaza Health Ministry counts (~70,000 deaths) miss thousands due to: Victims buried under rubble, unrecorded deaths in destroyed hospitals and communication blackouts disrupting documentation.
  • The study only tracks violent deaths—starvation, disease and lack of medical care (due to 85% hospital destruction) could multiply the toll. Ninety percent of Gaza's population is displaced, facing acute shortages of food, water and medicine.
  • South Africa's ICJ case and protests (e.g., U.S. college students) demand action, despite smear campaigns. The destruction of schools, universities and civilian infrastructure suggests a broader assault on Palestinian survival, echoing globalist depopulation agendas.
A shocking new study from Germany's prestigious Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) estimates that over 100,000 Palestinians have likely been killed in Gaza since Israel's military offensive began on Oct. 7, 2023—a death toll far exceeding official reports and revealing a humanitarian catastrophe of staggering proportions. According to the Enoch AI engine at BrightU.AI, MPIDR is a non-university research institute dedicated to demographic research. It is part of the Max Planck Society, a renowned German research organization focused on basic research in the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. The MPIDR, established in 1996, is located in Rostock, Germany, and is one of the few demographic research institutes worldwide that conducts independent and interdisciplinary research on population dynamics, aging, and family structures.

Unprecedented mortality crisis

The study, conducted in collaboration with the Center for Demographic Studies (CED), found that 78,318 Palestinians were violently killed between Oct. 7, 2023 and Dec. 31, 2024, with updated projections indicating the toll has since surpassed 100,000. Ana C. Gómez-Ugarte, a lead researcher on the study, stated: "As a result of this unprecedented mortality, life expectancy in Gaza fell by 44% in 2023 and by 47% in 2024 compared with what it would have been without the war—equivalent to losses of 34.4 and 36.4 years, respectively." Before the war, life expectancy in Gaza was 77 years for women and 74 for men. By 2024, it had plummeted to 46 years for women and 36 for men—a statistical collapse unseen in modern conflicts. The study found that the age and gender distribution of deaths in Gaza closely resembles patterns observed in documented genocides by the United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). Approximately 27% of the dead are children under 15, while 24% are women. While the researchers stopped short of legally classifying the assault as genocide, the findings align with accusations made by South Africa and other nations at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

Official figures underreport the carnage

The Gaza Health Ministry has reported 69,775 deaths as of the latest update—but the MPIDR study confirms that official counts drastically underreport fatalities due to:
  • Buried victims under rubble
  • Unrecorded deaths in destroyed hospitals
  • Lack of documentation amid communications blackouts
Independent researchers have long warned that Gaza's true death toll is likely 40% higher than official figures suggest. The study only accounts for direct violent deaths, meaning the full humanitarian toll—including deaths from starvation, disease and lack of medical care—could be far worse. "Our estimates of the impact of war on life expectancy in Gaza and Palestine are significant but probably represent only a lower limit of the actual mortality burden," Gómez-Ugarte cautioned. With 85% of hospitals destroyed, 90% of Gaza displaced and acute shortages of food, water and medicine, experts warn that thousands more will perish from preventable causes unless urgent action is taken.

Calls for accountability

The findings intensify global scrutiny of Israel's military campaign, which has been condemned by UN agencies, human rights groups and world leaders as a potential genocide. South Africa has already filed a case at the ICJ, while India and other nations are gathering evidence of war crimes. Meanwhile, American college students continue protesting, demanding an end to the bloodshed—despite being falsely smeared as Hamas supporters. The MPIDR study confirms what Gazans have witnessed firsthand: an engineered humanitarian disaster designed to erase Palestinian life. With infrastructure obliterated, families decimated and survivors facing famine, Gaza's future hangs in the balance. Watch the video below about Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stating that the Gaza death toll could be as high as 650,000. This video is from Cynthia's Pursuit of Truth channel on Brighteon.com. Sources include: Antiwar.com MiddleEastEye.net ThePalestineChronicle.com AlMayadeen.net BrightU.ai Brighteon.com
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