The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics says Gaza's population has declined by around 160,000, including over 55,000 presumed dead and 100,000 people that have left Gaza since 7 October, 2023.
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00:00The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, known as the PCBS, estimates that Gaza's population
00:07has decreased by about 6 percent since the start of Israel's war.
00:12The decline of about 160,000 people puts the enclave's current population at 2.1 million.
00:19The Palestinian state institution says more than 55,000 people are presumed dead.
00:25The figures include Gaza's health ministry stats which confirm more than 45,000 dead
00:29as well as 10,000 others who remain missing.
00:33The bureau also estimates that around 100,000 Palestinians fled from Gaza at various points
00:38since the beginning of the war.
00:41Israel claims these numbers are fabricated, but they match estimates released by the UN's
00:45humanitarian affairs office.
00:48The PCBS slammed Israel for its continued aggression against the Gaza Strip and the
00:53deliberate wiping of its population.
00:56International human rights groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch
01:00accuse Israel of committing a genocide against the Palestinian people.
01:04They also accuse it of manufacturing a humanitarian catastrophe.
01:09The UN says almost all of Gaza's population have been internally displaced, some multiple
01:13times, and are at risk of starvation.