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Over 20,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, say Gaza health officials

Updated on: 22 December,2023 11:03 AM IST  |  Rafah
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Health officials in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip say more than 20,000 Palestinians have been killed in the war between Israel and Hamas.

Over 20,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, say Gaza health officials

Palestinians check the rubble following Israeli strikes in Khan Yunis. Pic/AP

Health officials in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip say more than 20,000 Palestinians have been killed in the war between Israel and Hamas.


The figure, amounting to nearly 1% of the territory's prewar population, is a new reflection of the staggering cost of the war, which in just over 10 weeks has displaced more than 80% of Gaza's people and devastated wide swaths of the tiny coastal enclave.


Gaza's Health Ministry said Friday that it has documented 20,057 deaths in the fighting. It does not differentiate between combatant and civilian deaths. It has previously said that roughly two-thirds of the dead were women or minors.


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