Hamas says over 40,000 killed in Gaza since start of war

Palestinian children walk past a mural at a makeshift displacement camp set up on a roadside in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on August 13, 2024 (Eyad Baba/AFP)
Palestinian children walk past a mural at a makeshift displacement camp set up on a roadside in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on August 13, 2024 (Eyad Baba/AFP)

The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says the Palestinian death toll since the terror group launched its October 7 attack on Israel now stands at 40,005.

The figure cannot be independently verified and includes more than 16,000 Hamas gunmen Israel says it has killed in battle as of July. Israel also says it killed some 1,000 terrorists inside Israel on October 7.

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