Gaza’s media office said on Monday that the number of Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza since October 2023 has reached 61,709, a figure that factors in people missing and presumed dead under the rubble or in areas where rescuers are still unable to access.
Salama Maarouf, head of the media office, told reporters that 76% of the bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces have been recovered and arrived at hospitals, and at least 14,222 are missing.
Maarouf said among the dead are 17,881 children, including 214 newborn infants. He also said the US-backed Israeli onslaught killed 1,155 medical workers, 205 journalists, and 194 civil defense workers.
The media office’s number doesn’t factor in indirect deaths caused by the Israeli siege, which could bring the death toll into the hundreds of thousands.
Gaza’s Health Ministry continues to count the number of bodies being discovered and said on Monday that 20 were brought to hospitals in the previous 24-hour period. “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.
The ministry said that out of the 20 bodies, 18 were recovered from the rubble, one died of previously sustained wounds, and one had been killed by Israeli forces in the past day. More than 80 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since the ceasefire went into effect on January 19.
The genocidal war in Gaza could restart soon as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking President Trump’s support not to implement the second phase of the ceasefire deal.
It was a bloodbath, a huge overreaction for October 7th, in which Israel stood down.
If Trump isn’t careful, he’s going to be linked with the suffering in the region.
He already is guilty, he was saved by having only one term in office. Now he is on the path to make up for lost time, continuing where he left off. He is preparing the annexation of Gaza and the WB.
He was before he got elected this time. He gifted Israel even more than his predecessors. Oct 7th didn't just happen.
Very true. The chaos president brought many changes, eg recognizing Golan Heights, moving embassy, etc.
Overreaction? Unlike trump, who allowed Iran to blast an US airbase with multiple missiles, Israel does not allow its enemies to freely attack them.
Tim, you are like the man who watched a rapist kill a little girl because she fought back and kicked the rapist in the leg, that is what your eyes saw.
But on the witness stand you weave a web of lies painting the KILLER RAPIST as the victim, she is guilty she made him kill her, she should have let him rape her, she would still be alive.
You stood by and you did not help her and now you claim the killer is her victim, she dared to kick his leg.
Agreed! If a woman is detained and raped repeatedly, without any legal redress whatsoever, is SHE the "terrorist" when she finally tries to do something about it? Definitely not. Israel DOES NOT have a "right to self-defense" as a military occupier of other peoples' lands!
Yes, overreaction is a poor description of Israel's response to Oct 7th. More like grossly disproportionate. Overreaction was more of a description of the previous clashes between Israel and Hamas. Although those too were disproportionate.
And in comparison, Iran's response to Trump having their general murdered was proportionate. And Trump, for once, did the right thing by not retaliating.
The Iran missile attack was retaliation for Trump's illegal assassination order of the Iranian general. The U.S. should have no bases or soldiers in the Middle East to begin with.
Overreaction? Unlike trump, who allowed Iran to blast an US airbase with multiple missiles, Israel does not allow its enemies to freely attack them.
UBI. Pay the Palestinians directly. Allow them to spend their money on their futures.
LOL. They will just use the money to buy more weapons and build more tunnels.
Shocking, isn't it? I mean, who would have seen that coming? And here I thought Israel would experience nothing but peaceful cooperation after dropping over 80,000 tons of bombs, cutting aid down to the barest of minimums (and that's a stretch) and displacing almost the entire population (many multiple times).
Send them guns too. Arm them to defend themselves.
"They" as in all Palestinians? Seriously, you're an idiot.
Their choice.
I think it's fair to say that Hamas or Islamic Jihad will definitely think twice before they ever launch another October 7 mass murder attack against Israel. If not them, then certainly the ordinary civilians in Gaza will have something to say about a strategy that leaves them unprotected and not underground in the fortified tunnels. That is the message the Israelis intended to send and they were allowed to send it by the last US government.
That is the message the Israelis intended to send and they were allowed to send it by the last US government.
And to rectify that travesty by the last US government, the present US government has decided to lift the last US government's restrictions on sending those 2,ooo lb. bombs, has openly talked about "cleaning out" Gaza and just sent a billion dollars worth of 1,000 lb. bombs and armored bulldozers that can be used to demolish Palestinian homes. Oh , and bury their dead.
Palestinian civilians are the parents and siblings of Hamas, and Hamas is fighting their life and their human rights. Why can't you understand that?
They want to live with human rights, like all Americans and Israelis do, not being born and die in prison, with being constantly humiliated and beaten up. They want to live in dignity or not at all. That is why the Israelis can't win, expecting genocide to solve the problem.
What do you fight for?
The US government also sent the message that "rules based international order" is a complete farce. It has told the world and it's own citizens that force and force alone are the only things that restrain it, and that their claims of morality exist only to dupe the stupid into submitting without a fight.
And of course, that any duties the latter owe it are directly proportional to its ability to mete out punishment for disobedience, nothing more and nothing less.
"the message the Israelis intended to send and they were allowed to send" … Genocide!
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So who is going to protect the world from Israel, doofus? Keep drinking the Kool Aid if you want to swallow the lie that Israel was totally a victim on O7, instead of an ENABLER!
Israel killed more Israelis than Hamas did on October 7, 2023…!
You a spokesmen for the Zionist state? Palestinians have been experiencing Oct. 7 since the founding of Israel. The obsession people like you have with Oct. 7 is astounding. You clearly look at Israeli lives as not equal to those of Palestinians. Punishing innocent civilians for the actions of Hamas is evil. Todays announcement by Trump makes clear what the Israeli crimes against Gaza were all about: zionist colonization.
Did anyone expect Israel to just ignore an attack that killed 1,200 Jews in a single day?
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