A new expert report titled “Skewering History”, authored by Dr. Richard Hil and Dr. Gideon Polya, has painted a grim picture of the ongoing crisis in Gaza.
According to the study, more than 680,000 Palestinians have lost their lives since the conflict began, including an estimated 380,000 children.
Unlike official figures often shown on television, which count only bodies brought to hospitals, the report emphasizes that many deaths go unrecorded. For every person killed directly by bombs, four others die from starvation, lack of clean water, or diseases caused by the harsh conditions of war.
The report highlights the use of what it calls “imposed deprivation,” where restrictions on food, medicine, and humanitarian aid have caused social systems in Gaza to collapse.
With one of the highest population densities in the world, the destruction of water and electricity infrastructure has made life nearly impossible. Hospitals, essential for treating even minor illnesses, have been bombed, turning preventable conditions into fatal ones.
While some governments have avoided labeling the situation as genocide, the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) has officially recognized that the events in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide.
The report argues that the goal appears to be to “clear” the area for new settlements, a process it describes as ethnic cleansing.
The study also criticizes deliberate attempts to distort the truth. Independent journalists are largely barred from Gaza, and over 170 Palestinian reporters have been killed, preventing the world from knowing the full scale of the crisis.
Thousands of victims, especially children, remain buried under millions of tons of rubble and are never counted in official hospital statistics.
Even former U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly expressed a desire to see 1.7 million Gazans removed from the territory.
The report questions this figure, noting that Gaza’s population was 2.4 million, leaving 700,000 unaccounted for.
This discrepancy further underscores that the real death toll is far higher than official counts suggest.
The report concludes that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is not only catastrophic but also part of a systematic campaign that cannot be ignored by the international community.