Hamas says Palestinian death toll reached 20,000 in Gaza

Anjali Sharma

GG News Bureau
NEW YORK, 22nd Dec.
 According to a statement issued by the Hamas-run government media office on Thursday said that the death toll of Palestinians from Israeli attacks in Gaza Strip has reached 20,000, since October 7.

The statement said that the victims included over 8,000 children and 6,200 women, while over 52,000 people were injured and 6,700 others were missing.

It added that a total of 310 medical personnel, 35 civil defence personnel and 97 journalists were killed in the Israeli attacks, it added.

Palestinian Health Ministry said that two Palestinians were killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank cities of Hebron and Bethlehem.

According to WAFA, the official Palestinian news agency said that it raised the death toll of Palestinians from Israeli gunfire in the occupied territory to 303 since the new round of Israeli-Palestinian conflict broke out on October 7

Israel has been launching a large-scale offensive in Gaza to retaliate against a surprise Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7 when about 1,200 people were killed and more than 200 were taken hostage, according to the Israeli tallies.

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