Data from the Gaza Chamber of Commerce indicates food prices have begun to drop sharply in Gaza due to increased aid flows and resumption of some private sector inflows yesterday. But this does not mean the crisis is easing. 🧵 Prices of 6 of 8 food prices tracked by the Chamber are now cheaper than they were on May 20, when aid, had just resumed. While the collapse in prices is a good sign, food is still extremely expensive—the May 20 prices were 10-100x pre-war prices.

Yesterday (8/4), the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry (MOH) released its 12th list of the dead (via Telegram and WhatsApp) since the Israel-Hamas war began, containing 60,198 entries and covering up to July 31. Longer analysis of data quality and demographics 🧵: Like all published MOH lists, the July list does not distinguish between civilians and combatants and attributes all listed deaths uniformly to Israeli action. Nor does it include the dates of death (none of the lists have) or collection methodology (which most iterations have).

Yesterday (7/15), the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry (MOH) released its 11th list of the dead (via Telegram and WhatsApp) since the Israel-Hamas war began, containing 58,380 entries and covering up to July 15. An analysis🧵: Sourcing:
The list on the MOH Telegram: t.me/MOHMediaGaza/6…
As an archived PDF (along with all other versions of the list): archive.org/details/moh-de…
The MOH dashboard can be accessed here: sehatty.ps/public/
All archived dashboard iterations: archive.org/details/moh-da…

This list, which covers up to May 11, is a subset of the full list of 52,958 reported deaths published this only via a small Health Ministry WhatsApp group on May 19. I analyze the full list in my new @WashInstitute report: 🧵 washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysi… The full list (PDF) is here, along with the 8 previous Health Ministry lists: archive.org/embed/moh-deat…

A spreadsheet version with demographic/data processing is linked here and in my piece: archive.org/details/moh-de…