Palestinian death toll soars past 25,000 in Gaza

People in Barcelona call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza

The Palestinian death toll in Gaza from over three months of war between Israel and the territory's Hamas rulers has soared past 25,000, the Gaza Health Ministry said Sunday. At least 178 bodies were brought to Gaza's hospitals in 24 hours along with nearly 300 wounded people, according to Health Ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qidra. Women and children are the main victims in the Israel-Hamas war, according to the United Nations.

Some 85 per cent of Gaza's population have fled their homes, with hundreds of thousands packing into UN-run shelters and tent camps in the southern part of the tiny coastal enclave. UN officials say a quarter of the population of 2.3 million is starving as only a trickle of humanitarian aid enters because of the fighting and Israeli restrictions.

A makeshift tent camp housing displaced Palestinians in Rafah. Pics/AP

Gaza's Health Ministry says a total of 25,105 Palestinians have been killed in the territory since October 7, and another 62,681 have been wounded. Al-Qidra said many casualties remain buried under the rubble from Israeli strikes or in areas where medics cannot reach them.

The Israeli military says it has killed around 9,000 militants, without providing evidence, and blames the high civilian death toll on Hamas because it fights in dense, residential neighborhoods. The military says 195 of its soldiers have been killed since the start of the Gaza offensive.

9,000
No. of militants Israeli military claims to have killed

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