Israel Kills 41 Palestinians Across Gaza

The Israeli military says it freed a Bedouin man who was captured by Hamas on October 7

On Tuesday, Gaza’s Health Ministry said that Israeli forces killed at least 41 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in the previous 24-hour period.

“Israeli forces killed 41 people and injured 113 others in three ‘massacres’ of families in the last 24 hours,” the ministry said. “Many people are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them.”

Israeli strikes were reported across the Gaza Strip, in the north, the south, and central areas, including Khan Younis, Deir al-Balah, and Gaza City. Amid the onslaught, Israel said that it freed a Bedouin man who was taken captive by Hamas on October 7.

The Israeli military said it rescued 52-year-old Kaid Farhan al-Kadi from a tunnel in southern Gaza. Al-Kadi is a resident of an unrecognized village near Rahat, a town in the Negev Desert. According to Al Jazeera, he was working as a guard at a warehouse in southern Israel when he was captured on October 7.

Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike that destroyed several houses in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on August 27, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Gaza’s Health Ministry said the latest slaughter brought the total death toll in Gaza since October 7 to 40,476, which includes over 16,000 children. The Health Ministry’s numbers are considered a low estimate since it doesn’t include the 10,000 people who are missing and presumed dead under the rubble, and it’s unclear how many Palestinians have died due to indirect causes.

A letter written by a group of experts recently published in the British medical journal The Lancet estimated the total number of deaths in Gaza, including those killed by the Israeli military and indirect causes, could reach 186,000. They reached the numbers by using the death toll from the end of June, which was 37,396.

A group of American doctors and nurses who volunteered in Gaza wrote a letter to President Biden last month, and they estimated that the actual death toll has already exceeded 92,000, or 4.2% of the population. The American medical professionals also detailed the horrific violence being committed by Israeli soldiers against children.

Correction: This article initially said al-Kadi, the Bedouin freed from Gaza, was a resident of Rahat. But he is a resident of an unrecognized village near Rahat in the Negev Desert. The article was updated to correct the error.

Author: Dave DeCamp

Dave DeCamp is the news editor of Antiwar.com, follow him on Twitter @decampdave.