Gaza’s Government Media Office has called “on the international community, the United Nations and other international organisations to support efforts in counting victims and recovering thousands of bodies in the Gaza Strip”, Al Jazeera reports.

It expressed its “deep concern” over the findings of the British study published in The Lancet journal, which said the deaths in the enclave were likely undercounted by 41 per cent. The study’s death toll estimate is 64,260 while the official figure was 37,877.

“This discrepancy highlights the extent of the catastrophe inflicted by the Israeli occupation forces on civilians and civil infrastructure in the Gaza Strip,” the Media Office statement said.

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