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Thursday, March 21, 2024
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Thursday, March 21, 2024
Hamas-run health ministry says Gaza death toll nearing 32,000
People and first responders inspect the rubble and debris of a building that collapsed following an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 20, 2024 (SAID KHATIB / AFP)
At least 31,988 Palestinians have been killed and 74,188 have been wounded in Gaza since October 7, the Hamas-run health ministry in the enclave says.
The terror group’s figures are unverified, don’t differentiate between civilians and combatants, and list all the fatalities as caused by Israel — even those believed to have been caused by hundreds of misfired rockets or otherwise by Palestinian fire.
Israel has said it killed some 13,000 Hamas members in Gaza fighting, in addition to some 1,000 killed inside Israel in the aftermath of the terror group’s October 7 invasion and onslaught.
