Why So Many Of Gaza’s Dead Have Been Buried, But Not Counted

The death toll is far higher than reported, but Israel forced it into underreporting.

Image source: The Arab Centre, Washington DC

In Gaza, the dead do not count unless they come with paperwork. That is not a figure of speech. Since the first weeks of Israel's war on the Palestinian people, thousands of confirmed deaths have been barred from the official death toll because the bodies could not be tied to a valid Gaza ID number.

Early in th…