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40 percent of those killed in Gaza are children

Womeneye Correspondent

Published: 22:02, 21 October 2023

Update: 22:03, 21 October 2023

40 percent of those killed in Gaza are children

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The death toll from Israel's attack on Gaza has exceeded 4,218. On Saturday (October 21), the country's news agency Wafa News quoted the Palestinian Authority as saying that more than 4,000 people have been killed so far in the last 14 days of the war.

The Ministry of Health of the Palestinian Authority said that according to the figures available as of Friday evening - 4 thousand 218 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli attack in Gaza and the West Bank. Of these, 4,137 were killed in Gaza, the rest in the West Bank. At least 13,400 Palestinians were injured in Israeli attacks during this period.

Among the Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks, 70 percent of the casualties were women, children and elderly citizens. Meanwhile, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qedra said that 1,661 children were among the dead. Accordingly, 40 percent of the total casualties are children.

It should be noted that on the morning of October 7, the Palestinian independence organization Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel. They fired 5,000 missiles at Israel in just 20 minutes. At the same time, Hamas fighters entered the country by land, sea and air. More than 1,400 Israelis have been killed in Hamas attacks. Many are still held captive by Hamas.

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