Gaza death toll from Israeli onslaught exceeds 23,000

GAZA CITY, Palestine

At least 23,084 Palestinians have been killed and 58,926 others injured in ongoing Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave said Monday.

A ministry statement said that 249 people had been killed and 510 others injured in the Israeli onslaught in the last 24 hours.

Israel has continued relentless air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip since Hamas’ surprise cross-border attack on Oct. 7, in which nearly 1,200 Israelis are believed to have been killed.

The Israeli onslaught has left Gaza in ruins, with 60% of the enclave’s infrastructure damaged or destroyed and nearly 2 million residents displaced amid acute shortages of food, clean water, and medicines due to a continuing blockade.

Numerous international legal experts have said Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute war crimes or genocide, and countries such as Türkiye and South Africa are working to bring legal cases to that effect in international courts.