Hamas-run authorities claim 60 bodies recovered under Gaza rubble in past day, 200 since truce began

Palestinians make their way past destroyed buildings in Gaza City on October 12, 2025. (Bashar TALEB / AFP)
Palestinians make their way past destroyed buildings in Gaza City on October 12, 2025. (Bashar TALEB / AFP)

Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry claims that the bodies of 60 Palestinians have been recovered from under the rubble of destroyed buildings and brought to hospitals in the last 24 hours.

That brings the number of recovered bodies to 200 in the past four days since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect and Israeli troops pulled back from some parts of Gaza.

The Hamas ministry says many dead are still under the rubble, particularly in areas inaccessible to first responders.

In total, the terror group claims more than 67,800 Gazans have been killed in the war, though the figure isn’t confirmed and doesn’t distinguish between civilians and terror operatives. Israel says it has killed over 22,000 combatants in battle as of August and another 1,600 terrorists inside Israel during and immediately following the October 7, 2023, onslaught.

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