This Monday, the Hamas Government raised the confirmed death toll in the Gaza Strip to 15,000, while more than 36,000 people were injured as a result of the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group.
In a statement, the Hamas Government also indicated around seven thousand missing people, whose whereabouts are unknown or who are believed to be under the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli bombing since the start of the war on October 7.
Of the 15,000 deaths in the period between the start of the conflict and the start of the truce between the parties on Friday, more than 6,150 were children and more than four thousand women, according to the same source.
The Hamas Government Information Office added that 207 health professionals, including doctors, nurses and emergency service workers, 26 members of civil protection and 70 journalists, were killed during that period.
The update on the number of victims coincides with the fourth day of the truce between Israel and Hamas, which provides for the release of at least Israeli and foreign hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
Both sides agreed this Monday to extend the pause in hostilities, which includes the entry of more humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and the continuation of hostage and prisoner exchanges for another two days.
Israel declared war on Hamas on October 7, following an attack by the Islamist group, which included the launching of more than four thousand rockets and the infiltration of nearly three thousand militants, who killed some 1,200 people and kidnapped more than 240. in nearby Israeli communities. to the Gaza Strip.
Since then, Israel has counterattacked Hamas in the Palestinian enclave, an organization considered terrorist by the United States and the European Union, first with air and sea attacks and, since the end of October, also with a ground offensive.
Source: TSF
