Life expectancy for men in Gaza dropped from 73.6 years, pre-genocide, to 35.6 years: the largest crash in modern world history

Life expectancy for men in Gaza dropped from 73.6 years, pre-genocide, to 35.6 years: the largest crash in modern world history

The North Star with Shaun King is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.When I first saw those numbers - that the life expectancy of men in Gaza has crashed over 50% (and those numbers only went through September of 2024) from 73.6 years before the genocide to 35.6 years - I thought maybe I was reading it wrong. I wasn’t. It’s the largest crash in life expectancy in …