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The number of Palestinians killed in Israel’s military offensive on the Gaza Strip following attacks by the Islamist group Hamas and other Palestinian groups on Israeli territory on October 7 It is already close to exceeding the 39,700 death threshold.

The Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry noted that the offensive has killed 39,699 people and wounded 91,722 so far, and then noted that “the Israeli occupation has carried out four massacres of families in the Gaza Strip in the last day,” killing 91,722 people. 22 “martyrs” and 77 wounded have been taken to hospitals in the Palestinian enclave.

The Ministry, as in other cases, indicated that “There are several victims under the rubble and on the roads.” Before adding that “ambulance and civil defense teams cannot reach them.”

Gaza authorities said that around 10,000 people went missing, Thus, the death toll may be significantly higher than officially announced.

Israel launched an offensive on the Gaza Strip following the October 7 attacks, which killed about 1,200 people and abducted about 240. Added to that death toll are about 600 Palestinians killed in West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in Israeli military operations or settler attacks since that date.