More than 50,000 killed in Gaza, Hamas-run health ministry says
More than 50,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the war began, the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry said on Sunday.
That number – 50,021 – equates to about 2.1% of the 2.3 million pre-war population of the territory, or around 1 in 50 people.
A total of 113,274 others had been injured in the same period, the health ministry said.
In the past, figures from the Gaza Ministry of Health (MoH) were widely used in times of conflict and seen as reliable by the UN and international institutions. But Israel has consistently refuted data published by Gaza’s authorities.
International journalists, including the BBC, are blocked by Israel from entering Gaza independently, so are unable to verify figures from either side.
Courtesy: BBC