A United Nations agency tracking Gaza's casualty figures reduced by half the number of women and children killed in the Strip since October 7, raising questions about conflict's true death toll. An infographic published by the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on May 8 indicated that 4,959 women and 7,797 children have been killed in Gaza since October 7. That was half the number indicated on a May 6 infographic which reported 9,500 women and 14,500 children had been killed.

Both infographics sourced the figures to "Gaza HMO" or Health Ministry officials. Gaza's Health Ministry is run by the Hamas terror group. OCHA did not offer any explanation for the dramatic revision. OCHA's figures are widely sourced by international leaders, diplomats, the media and humanitarian aid organizations. Israel's war against Hamas is now in its eighth month and the casualty figures have not been independently verified.