Israel has killed around 1.8% of Gaza’s population since last Oct. 7 amid a devastating war on the enclave, according to figures released by the Palestinian Center Bureau of Statistics Sunday.
In a statement, the center said more than 39,000 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023.
“This constitutes around 1.8% of the total population in the territory,” it added.
KHAN YUNIS, GAZA – AUGUST 06: Miada Abu Anza (32), who was displaced for the 7th time due to the Israeli attacks, takes shelter with her 5 children in a school belonging to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Khan Yunis, Gaza on August 6, 2024. Anza, whose husband and father are imprisoned; brothers and uncles are lost their lives in Israeli attacks, struggles under war conditions as the humanitarian crisis in the region is gradually deepening due to the Israeli army’s attacks on Gaza. ( Doaa Albaz – Anadolu Agency )
According to the center, around 24% of the Palestinian victims in Gaza were young people.
The Israeli army on Saturday killed over 100 civilians and injured dozens when a warplane targeted Palestinians performing Fajr (dawn) prayers at the Al-Taba’een School in the Al-Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City, according to health authorities.
Over 10 months into the Israeli onslaught, vast tracts of Gaza lie in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water and medicine.
DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA – AUGUST 07: Palestinians wait in line to receive food distributed by charities while Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip continue unabated in Deir al-Balah on August 07, 2024. Due to the complete embargo imposed on the area, Palestinians are unable to secure many essential needs, including basic food supplies. ( Hassan Jedi – Anadolu Agency )KHAN YUNIS, GAZA – AUGUST 08: Palestinians leave their home after Israel issued an evacuation warning as Israel’s attacks continue in eastern Khan Yunis, Gaza on August 08, 2024. ( Ashraf Amra – Anadolu Agency )A man reacts as Palestinians search for casualties a day after Israeli strikes on houses in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Nov. 1, 2023. (Reuters Photo) The funerals of Palestinians, who were killed by Israeli snipers in the Tel al-Hawa area, Southwestern Gaza, July 14, 2024 (AA Photo)
Israel is accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which ordered it to immediately halt its military operation in the southern city of Rafah, where more than 1 million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war before it was invaded on May 6.
Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Strip continue, Gaza Strip, Oct. 12, 2023 (AA Photo)
