Palestine, July 9 -- A recent retrospective mortality survey of Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) staff and their families found an appalling death rate during Israel's all-out war on Gaza, especially among children, which is consistent with data provided by Gaza's Ministry of Health.
The survey was conducted by MSF's research arm Epicentre and covered 2,523 people-MSF workers and their family members-between October 2023 and March 2025. Compared to Ministry of Health estimates prior to the escalation of war on October 7, 2023, the mortality rate was approximately five times higher among the population surveyed (0.41 deaths per 10,000 people per day). For children under 5, the mortality rate increased approximately ten...