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Death toll in Gaza from Israeli military offensive exceeds 40,000

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Gaza Health Ministry Raises Higher 40,000 preliminary death toll Israeli military offensive that began on October 7 in response to Hamas attacks.

In the last 24 hours alone, Gaza authorities have added 40 new deaths to the tally, bringing the total to 40,005, with some 92,400 people were injured.

The Hamas-linked ministry insists the figures are preliminary because bodies could be found in the rubble of collapsed buildings or in areas that remain inaccessible to emergency services.

Photo: Reuters archive

Gaza authorities said that about 10,000 people went missing, Thus, the death toll may be much 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 Bankincluding East Jerusalem, in Israeli military operations or settler attacks since that date.

It would also be necessary to add about Lebanon: 500 dead, over 1,500 wounded a consequence of Israeli attacks, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.

It is this Thursday that contacts will be resumed in Doha (Qatar) to try achieve a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, albeit in the apparent absence of a group controlling the Sector. The three-stage plan presented in late May by US President Joe Biden will once again be on the negotiating table.

According to Europa Press

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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