Nov 2, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
The Palestinian Ministry of Health has released updated casualty
figures from the ongoing Israeli bombardment of Gaza.
At least 9,061 people have been killed since 7 October, including 3,760 children and 2,326 women, according to officials. At least 32,000 people have been wounded.
The ministry said 256 people were killed in the past 24 hours alone in 15
different "massacres", a word Palestinian officials use to refer to
attacks that cause mass deaths at once.
Around 2,000 people are still missing in Gaza, including 1,100 children.
The vast majority of these people are believed to be dead and buried under
rubble.
Additionally, Israeli forces and settlers have killed at least 131
Palestinians in the West Bank in the same period - a sharp rise from the
monthly death toll in the occupied territory.
According to the health ministry, the October deaths take the total number
of Palestinians killed this year in the West Bank to over 343.
MEE