Worse even than it seems: Gaza’s death toll
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🗓️ 21 May 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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A careful study of a range of data sources suggests that Israel’s military actions in Gaza have resulted in far more deaths than published tallies indicate. The Church of England, facing declining numbers of parishioners, is selling up its properties on the cheap (14:10). And we ask whether those trendy “juice shots” confer any health benefits (20:29).
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| 0:00.0 | The Economist. |
| 0:10.3 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 0:13.3 | I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 0:14.5 | And I'm Rosie Bloor. |
| 0:16.0 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:25.0 | Thank you. we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. The Church of England has got a growing problem with empty pews, |
| 0:29.8 | and it's selling off plenty of its lesser-used properties at knock-down prices. |
| 0:37.3 | And I bet you've seen juice shots on sale recently, |
| 0:40.8 | which claim to bring all manner of health benefits. |
| 0:44.0 | Our skeptical correspondent downs a few |
| 0:46.1 | and explains whether they're worth it. First up, though. |
| 1:06.7 | Israel says it lifted its 11-week blockade of Gaza, allowing food and medical aid into the |
| 1:16.9 | territory. |
| 1:18.4 | But the United Nations has found that none of that aid is being distributed. |
| 1:22.9 | Today, one of our teams waited several hours for the Israeli green light to access the |
| 1:26.8 | Khrim Shalom area and collect their nutrition supplies. |
| 1:30.3 | Unfortunately, they were not able to bring those supplies into our warehouse. |
| 1:35.3 | Yesterday, the UN suggested 14,000 babies could die within 48 hours if aid did not reach them. |
| 1:43.3 | But later, walked back that number. |
| 1:46.4 | How could it be calculated anyway? |
| 1:48.9 | It's been a year and a half of war. |
| 1:51.2 | Gaza is almost entirely closed off to journalists and international observers. |
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