on Sunday 22 December, 2024

Health ministry in Gaza says war death toll at 45,227

Palestinians inspect the damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike on a building in Gaza City’s Daraj neighborhood on December 17, 2024. (AFP)
by : AFP

The health ministry in Gaza said on Saturday that at least 45,227 people have been killed during more than 14 months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants.

The toll includes 21 deaths in the previous 24 hours, according to the ministry, which said 107,573 people have been wounded in the Gaza Strip since the war began when Hamas militants attacked Israel on October 7, 2023.