Gaza's Hamas government said Saturday the death toll from fighting between Israeli troops and Hamas in the Palestinian territory had reached 12,300 since hostilities started on October 7.
The government said more than 5,000 children were among the dead, alongside 3,300 women, with 30,000 more people wounded. Its health ministry has previously said it can no longer give exact tolls as intense fighting has prevented bodies from being recovered.
A Palestinian child wounded in an Israeli strike is assisted at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Saturday. REUTERS
A Palestinian child wounded in an Israeli strike is assisted at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Saturday. REUTERS
Saeed Al-Shorbaji, the supervisor of Nasser hospital's morgue, writes a name on the body of a Palestinian who was killed in an Israeli strike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, in this still image taken from a video on November 1, 2023. REUTERS
A child looks on as displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, take shelter at Nasser hospital, on Saturday. REUTERS
Palestinians carry an injured person as rescuers search the rubble of a building for survivors following Israeli bombardment in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Saturday. AFP
Palestinians search the rubble of a building for survivors following Israeli bombardment in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Saturday. AFP
Palestinians transport an injured boy into an ambulance following Israeli bombardment in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Saturday. AFP
People react next to bodies of Palestinians who were killed in an Israeli strike, at the morgue of Nasser hospital, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 7. REUTERS
