Gaza: The number of dead in Israel’s military operations in Gaza has exceeded 40,000, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health. This represents 1.7 percent of Gaza’s total population. The population of Gaza is about 23 lakhs. About 60 percent of Gaza’s buildings have been completely destroyed or damaged by Israeli bombardment.
Most of those killed in Gaza are women and children. The BBC reports that exact figures are not available because Israel does not allow international journalists, including themselves, to freely enter Gaza.
Only deaths registered in hospitals have been released so far. As the internet and other systems have been shut down during the war, centralized systems used to register deaths have also been disrupted.
