Middle East
Hamas Authority: More than 31,000 dead in Gaza
Palestinians mourn their relatives and loved ones killed in the Israeli bombing of the displaced persons camps in Al-Mawasi in Khan Yunis at Al-Najjar Hospital. photo
© Mohammed Talatene/dpa
Horrifying figures from the Gaza Strip: According to the Hamas-controlled health authority, 31,045 people have died here since the war began. There are also 72,654 injured.
The number of people killed since the start of the war Gaza’s death toll has risen to 31,045, according to the Hamas-controlled health authority. The authority said 72,654 Palestinians were also injured. Accordingly, 85 people are said to have been killed and 130 others injured in the past 24 hours alone.
According to the authorities, a total of 25 people starved to death or died of thirst in the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the coastal strip. The numbers cannot be independently verified.
According to the UN and other observers, the agency’s information has proven to be generally credible in the past. The numbers do not distinguish between civilians and armed members of terrorist organizations.
The Gaza war was triggered by the worst massacre in Israel’s history, carried out by terrorists from the Islamist Hamas and other extremist groups on October 7th in Israel near the border with Gaza. Around 1,200 people were killed on the Israeli side.