The health ministry in Gaza said on Tuesday that 1,042 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory since Israel resumed large-scale strikes on March 18.

According to the ministry’s statement, the figure includes 41 people killed in the past 24 hours. It also reported that the overall death toll had reached 50,399 since the war began on October 7, 2023.

After a ceasefire that lasted roughly two months, Israel relaunched its military campaign in Gaza on March 18.

Since then, bombardment and new ground assaults that have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. 

The ministry’s count does not distinguish between militants and civilians, but it says over half those killed are women and children.

Source: Arab News 

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