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The Gaza Health Ministry does not publish separate numbers for indirect fatalities such as deaths from disease, starvation, lack of medical care, or untreated injuries.

Details:
# Focus on direct conflict deaths - The ministry reports deaths caused directly by airstrikes, shelling, gunfire, or other violent incidents. - Data is collected from hospitals, morgues, and recovered bodies.
# No systematic tracking of indirect deaths - Indirect fatalities require long-term monitoring and epidemiological assessment. - The ministry has not issued official counts for deaths due to secondary effects of the conflict (e.g., medical shortages, malnutrition, infectious disease).
# International commentary - UN and humanitarian agencies note that Gaza’s official numbers cover direct deaths only, while indirect fatalities are acknowledged to exist but remain unquantified. - Independent studies may later estimate indirect mortality using excess mortality models, but these are separate from ministry reporting.

Conclusion:
All publicly available Gaza Health Ministry tallies represent direct deaths, and there is no separate official dataset for indirect fatalities.