Israeli forces have killed at least 61 Palestinians in Gaza over the past three days, according to numbers released by Gaza’s Health Ministry.
On Saturday, the ministry said 52 Palestinians were killed, and 118 were wounded in the previous 48-hour period. On Sunday, the ministry said nine were killed and 41 were injured over the previous 24-hour period.
The violence brings the Health Ministry’s death toll since October 7, 2023, to 41,595 and the number of wounded to 96,251. The numbers are an undercount since they don’t account for the estimated 10,000 Palestinians who are missing and presumed dead under the rubble, and the number of indirect deaths caused by the Israeli siege is unknown.
“There are still a number of victims under the rubble and on the streets, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them,” the ministry said on Sunday.
Al Jazeera reported on Sunday that at least 28 Palestinians had been killed in Gaza since dawn, a number that likely includes people killed after the Health Ministry put out its daily update.
The Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that one of the attacks targeted a school that was sheltering displaced Palestinians in the northern town of Beit Lahia, killing at least four people and wounding 15. Children and women were among the casualties.
Earlier this month, Gaza’s Health Ministry released the names of 34,344 Palestinians who have been killed by Israeli forces, including 11,355 children. Among the children were 710 infants who did not make it to their first birthday.
