- Only official agency to give numbers
- Have proven in correct range in past
- World Health Organization – grossly fairly accurate
- Human Rights Watch – fairly accurate
- Gaza Health Ministry – technically under the Palestinian Authority (PA)
- Medical equipment and salary arranged by West Bank based PA
- Mix of secular Fatah and Hamas supporting employees
- 2008 Israel Hamas war – death toll | UN (1,385) | Gaza Health Ministry (1,440)
- 2014 Israel Hamas war – death toll | UN (2,251) | Gaza Health Ministry (2,310)
- 2021 Israel Hamas war – death toll | UN (256) | Gaza Health Ministry (260)
- UN is also quoting Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers in the ongoing Israel – Hamas war
