Palestinians killed in Israel’s offensive against the Gaza Strip rise to more than 30,500

The toll of Palestinians killed as a result of the military offensive launched by Israel against the Gaza Strip after the attacks carried out on October 7 by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has risen to more than 30,500, as reported by the authorities on Monday. Gazans, controlled by the Islamist group. The Gaza Ministry of Health has stressed in a statement published on its account on the social network Facebook that “the balance of Israeli aggression amounts to 30,534 martyrs and 71,920 wounded since October 7.” Thus, he specified that “the Israeli occupation committed thirteen massacres against families in the Strip during the last 24 hours, leaving 124 martyrs and 210 wounded,” before warning that an undetermined number of victims “are still under the rubble or lying in the roads”. “The occupation prevents ambulances and Civil Defense teams from reaching them,” he denounced, so the death toll could be higher. Gazan authorities detailed on Thursday that more than 13,200 children were among the dead. Israel launched its offensive against the enclave after the aforementioned Hamas attacks, which left 1,200 dead and 240 kidnapped. Added to these death tolls are more than 400 Palestinians killed in the West Bank and East Jerusalem at the hands of Israeli security forces and in attacks carried out by settlers.