The death toll among Gazans during more than 14 months of war between Israel and the Hamas terror group has topped 45,000, health authorities in the Hamas-controlled enclave claim.
Health authorities now say 45,028 people have been killed and 106,962 have been wounded since the start of the war in October 2023, which began with the shock Hamas onslaught in southern Israel in which terrorists killed 1,200 people and took 251 hostages.
The Gaza health ministry does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its count, but it alleges that more than half of the fatalities are women and children.
The Israeli military says it has killed more than 17,000 fighters, without providing evidence, accusing Hamas of hiding among civilians in order to drive up the death toll and fuel international criticism of Israel. It says it enacts measures to protect civilians in combat zones in line with international law.
Gazans said overnight that 10 people were killed in an Israeli strike on a house in Gaza City’s eastern Shejaiyah neighborhood.
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