Bulletin released by the folder reported that Israel’s attacks killed at least 105 people in the territory last Tuesday (8), raising the total of victims to 57,680 since the start of the war in October 2023
The Ministry of Health of estimates that about 2,500 bodies could not yet be recovered, being among rubble or in places that are difficult to access at the enclave, almost in its entirety under orders of evacuation of . “The estimated number is 2,500,” said Efe the director of the Ministry of Health’s Death Count Unit, Zaher Al Waheidi, warning that the balance is not exact “since (the disappearance) of most of those under the rubble was not denounced by families.”
The number has grown since early May, when the folder was the figure of around 1,800 bodies. Waheidi pointed out that the number of attacks has increased since then, and that it is increasingly difficult to recover the bodies, as most of the track is now an Israeli militarized zone or is under evacuation orders for being considered a combat zone.
In total, Israel controls more than 85% of the enclave, according to the UN office calculation for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), which documents the Israeli advance until July 2 (therefore omitting some of the last orders of vacancy in areas such as Khan Yunis). The representative of the Ministry of Health warned that many cannot be recovered and registered duly until a as what Israel and the Islamic group Hamas negotiate indirectly in Doha at this time.
Waheidi’s statements occur after, in his daily report, the Ministry of Health recalled that “a number” of bodies remains under rubble or on roads in Gaza. In this same bulletin, the Ministry of Health warned that Israeli attacks killed at least 105 people all over the last day, raising the total victims to 57,680 since Israel launched their offensive in October 2023.
*With information from EFE
