Why the UN changed its death tolls of Palestinian women and children killed in Gaza
The United Nations is facing scrutiny after lowering its counts of Palestinian women and children killed since Israel began bombing Gaza in its seven-month war against Hamas.
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![A woman mourns as she carries the shrouded body of a child killed following overnight Israeli strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 6, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. A woman with a black scarf over her head and wearing a denim jacket holds a child, shrouded in a small with body bag, in her arms.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7203293.1715644540!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/gaza-rafah-woman-child-s-body-may-6-2024.jpg)
The United Nations is facing scrutiny after lowering its counts of Palestinian women and children killed since Israel began bombing Gaza in its seven-month war against Hamas.