The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says that at least 36,096 people have been killed during more than seven months of war between Israel and the Palestinian terror group. Only some 24,000 fatalities have been identified at hospitals.
The toll includes at least 46 deaths over the past 24 hours, according to a ministry statement, adding that 81,136 people have been wounded in the Gaza Strip since the war began with Hamas’s October 7 massacre in southern Israel.
The toll, which cannot be verified, includes some 15,000 terror operatives Israel says it has killed in battle. Israel also says it killed some 1,000 terrorists inside Israel on October 7.
A total of 288 soldiers have been killed during the ground offensive against Hamas and amid operations along the Gaza border. A civilian Defense Ministry contractor has also been killed in the Strip.
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