Death toll in Gaza exceeds 5,000

The death toll in the Gaza Strip as a result of the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has exceeded 5,000 people, the number of injured is 15,000. The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported this on its Facebook page (the social network belongs to Meta, which is recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation).

“Since the beginning of the aggression in Gaza, the number of martyrs has reached 5,087, of whom 2,055 were children, 1,119 women and 217 elderly people, and 15,273 citizens were injured in various ways,” the ministry said in a statement.

According to the latest data, in Israel after As the conflict escalated, more than 1,400 people died and more than 5,000 were injured. Among those killed in the country were Russians. At the Russian Embassy in Tel Aviv reported about 20 dead and eight missing.

On the morning of October 7, the Palestinian group Hamas attacked Israel. After this, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) responded by launching Operation Iron Swords and began striking Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli government announced that the country had entered a state of war.

Gaza Strip Government Press Office reportedthat 1.5 million people were forced to leave their homes in the region, which is about 70% of the enclave’s population.