United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese has argued that the official death toll during the Israeli offensive could be far lower than reality.

Albanese cited independent studies by academics and scientists estimating that the total number of fatalities could reach 680,000—a figure that far exceeds the numbers reported so far.

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Of that total, approximately 380,000 are estimated to be children under five years old, revealing the devastating scale of the crisis and its disproportionate impact on the most vulnerable population.

The UN official explained that these estimates are based on the collapse of the healthcare system, the massive destruction of infrastructure, and the inability to properly record all deaths occurring in Gaza.

The Zionist entity has ensured that the lack of access to hospitals, the shortage of medicines, and the impossibility of conducting reliable censuses prevent accurate figures from being obtained for the tragedy unfolding on Palestinian soil.

Albanese assures that the international community has underestimated the Palestinian crisis.

“Some scholars and scientists estimate the real death toll in Gaza at 680,000.”

“If confirmed, 380,000 of them are infants under five.”

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For Albanese, merely counting the victims is not enough—it is essential to recognize that the occupation and Tel Aviv’s regime policies have created a cycle of violence that perpetuates over time.

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