Gaza Health Ministry
Toll tops 40,000 as Gaza struggles to keep track of deaths
With Gaza largely in ruins after more than 10 months of war, the Hamas-run territory's health ministry has struggled to count the death toll, which on Thursday surpassed 40,000.
Israel has repeatedly questioned the credibility of the daily figures put out by the ministry and U.S. President Joe Biden did so too in the early stages of the war.
Gaza death toll could be over 186,000: Report
The British medical journal, The Lancet, has issued a warning that the true death toll of the Gaza conflict could be over 186,000, accounting for 8 percent of Gaza's population.
The current official death toll stands at nearly 38,200, according to the Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza.
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Urgent Warning from WHO: Children Starving in Northern Gaza
Children in northern Gaza are succumbing to hunger, according to the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. WHO's recent visits to Al-Awda and Kamal Adwan hospitals revealed distressing conditions, with 10 children having died from malnutrition.
Death Toll Climbs in Gaza Exceeding 30,000
The health authorities in Gaza have reported that the number of Palestinians killed in the ongoing conflict with Israel has surpassed 30,000, according to a report from BTA. The Ministry of Health of the Palestinian Territory released a statement confirming 79 casualties in Israeli airstrikes overnight, although this information has not been independently verified.
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Death toll soars as fighting rages across Gaza, Israel raids West Bank
Fighting raged across Gaza and Israeli units raided the West Bank on Sunday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has faced growing domestic criticism, rejected calls for post-war "Palestinian sovereignty".
Alongside fierce fighting in southern Gaza and across the besieged territory, strikes in Syria and Iraq raised fears of a wider conflagration.
Israel pressured to protect Gaza civilians as fighting encircles hospital
Israel faced growing calls Saturday to protect civilians in Gaza as its battle with Hamas encircled the territory's main hospital, where an aid agency described the situation as "catastrophic."
Heavy fighting between Hamas and Israeli forces has raged near Gaza's biggest hospital, Al-Shifa, an AFP correspondent at the scene said, stretching the area's already crippled health system.