Live Update
From the Liveblog of
Friday, May 24, 2024
Hamas-run health ministry raises Gaza’s war death toll to 35,857

Palestinians waiting for aid trucks to cross in central Gaza Strip, May 19, 2024. (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)
A total of 35,857 Palestinians have been killed and 80,293 have been injured in the Israeli military offensive against Hamas in Gaza since October 7, the Gaza health ministry, run by the terror group, says in a statement
These figures have not be verified and only some 25,000 fatalities have been identified at hospitals. The tolls include 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.