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<div class="gmail-inner-article-top"><h1 class="gmail-">Harvard study finds Israel \u2018disappeared\u2019 nearly 400,000 Palestinians in Gaza, half of them children: Report</h1><p class="gmail-">The
study uses data-driven analysis and spatial mapping to highlight a
severe decline in Gaza\u2019s population due to Israel\u2019s indiscriminate
attacks and siege
</p><div class="gmail-another-name"><p><a href="https://thecradle.co/authors/news-desk-9" style="color:rgb(164,4,4)">News Desk</a></p></div><div class="gmail-another-name" style="margin-top:16px"><p><span style="color:rgb(84,88,94)">JUN 24, 2025 - </span><font size="1"><a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/harvard-study-finds-israel-disappeared-nearly-400000-palestinians-in-gaza-half-of-them-children-report">https://thecradle.co/articles/harvard-study-finds-israel-disappeared-nearly-400000-palestinians-in-gaza-half-of-them-children-report</a></font></p></div></div><div class="gmail-inner-article-img"><img src="https://thecradle-main.oss-eu-central-1.aliyuncs.com/public/articles/f36840be-50f8-11f0-9e20-00163e02c055.webp" alt="" width="394" height="222" style="margin-right: 0px;"><span>(Photo credit: AA)</span></div><div class="gmail-inner-article-content"><div class="gmail-row"><div class="gmail-col-md-8 gmail-col-sm-7"><div class="gmail-article-content"><span class="gmail-article-body"><p>A <a href="https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-disappeared-377000-people-gaza-half-are-children">new report </a>published
by the Harvard database reveals that Israel has \u201cdisappeared\u201d at least
377,000 Palestinians since the start of its genocidal campaign against
the Gaza Strip in 2023. </p><p>Half of this number is believed to be Palestinian children.</p><p>The
report was written by Israeli professor Yaakov Garb, who used
data-driven analysis and spatial mapping to show how the Israeli army\u2019s
siege of Gaza and indiscriminate attacks on civilians in the enclave
have led to a serious drop in its population. </p><p>The 377,000
Palestinians who are unaccounted for due to Israel\u2019s genocide are
approximately 17 percent of the Gaza Strip\u2019s entire population, which
now stands at about 1.85 million. Prior to the war in Gaza, the strip\u2019s
population was estimated at 2.227 million.</p><p>While some are
displaced or missing, a significant number are believed to have been
killed by Israeli forces, according to the report.</p><p>The professor <a href="https://skwawkbox.org/2025/06/19/analysis-of-israels-figures-shows-it-murdered-377000-palestinians-during-genocide-so-far-half-of-them-kids/">notes</a>
that the official death toll of 61,000 is clearly an underestimate, as
victims who remain trapped under rubble are not included.</p><p>Garb
also condemned in the report the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) \u2013 a
controversial US-Israeli aid distribution mechanism launched last month.</p><p>\u201cThese
aid compounds seem to reflect a logic of control, not assistance, and
it would be a misnomer to call them 'humanitarian aid distribution
hubs'. They do not adhere to humanitarian principles, and much of their
design and operation is guided by other objectives, which undermine
their declared purpose,\u201d he said. </p><p>The UN has accused GHF of being
designed to further the forced displacement. Since it began operations,
GHF has led to the deaths of <a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/death-toll-from-ghf-massacres-tops-400-in-one-month-of-operations">hundreds</a> of Palestinian aid seekers by Israeli forces.</p><p>The
Harvard report is not the first indication that the death toll in Gaza
could, in fact, be significantly higher than reported. </p><p><i>The Lancet </i>medical journal <a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/lancet-study-reveals-gaza-death-toll-undercounted-by-at-least-40-percent">released a study </a>in
January this year revealing that the death toll from Israel\u2019s genocide
in Gaza was most likely undercounted by 41 percent in the first nine
months of the war.</p><p>The January study highlighted that around 59.1 percent of those killed were women, children, and elderly.</p><p>The year before, in July 2024, <i>The Lancet</i> <a href="https://thecradle.co/articles-id/25821">said </a>Israel's assault on Gaza could lead to between 149,000 and 598,000. </p></span></div></div></div></div>
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