Over 50,000 people were killed in Gaza Since October 7, 2023, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the result of Israel’s bombing campaign and the invasion of the soil after the terrorist attack of Hamas.
Israeli defense forces’ The attack killed at least 50,021 people, which is more than 2.1% The 2.3 million people living in the enclave.
A number of additional victims remain under the rubble and on roads inaccessible by ambulance and civil defense crews, the ministry said.
The World Health Organization said that the figures given by health officials in Gaza are renowned.
The dark milestone arrives more than 18 months After Hamas launched multi-ordeal surprise attacks against Israel which left 1,200 people who diedAccording to officials from the country, with 240 other people taken hostage by Hamas and other affiliated militant groups.
Last week, Israel broke The two-month ceasefire With Hamas, with the resumption of air strikes and ground operations in Gaza killing nearly 700 people.
Israel has ordered its troops to permanently seize parts of the Gaza Strip – to be “annexed to Israel” – unless Hamas puts the remaining hostages, the Israelian Israel Katz Israel Minister Katz said on Friday.
The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to intensify these operations Until the militant group, which nominally controlled Gaza before this conflict cycle, returns the 59 dead and alive hostages which it continues to hold captive.
Katz has also threatened the use of “all military and civilian pressure tools, including the evacuation of the Gaza population to the south and the implementation of voluntary resettlement plans for residents of Gaza”, while describing the new more expansive phase of the military offensive of Israel in the enclave.
He added that it would be done “by the permanent Israeli control of the territory”.
Hamas said on Friday that it “remained at the heart of the negotiations” and engaged with mediators, in particular by discussing a proposal from the special envoy of President Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff, “and the various ideas on the table”.
The group said in a statement that its objective was to “carry out a prisoner exchange agreement which guarantees the release of prisoners, ends the war and produced withdrawal”.