Palestine’s besieged Gaza was home to 2.2 million civilians prior to Israel’s latest — and unprecedentedly brutal — onslaught, which began on October 7. But after three months of ruthless aerial attacks and a violent ground incursion, the enclave’s population has been reduced as the death toll has topped 22,700.
This means that one person out of every 100 people has been killed in Israel’s offensive.
Children, constituting almost half of the population in Gaza — a region recently described by the UN as “the most dangerous place in the world to be a child” — are bearing the brunt of the conflict, alongside women, accounting for nearly 70 percent of the casualties since October 7.
Israel has come under fire for its indiscriminate attacks, showing no apparent distinction between Hamas fighters and civilians and leaving no neighbourhood in the enclave unscathed.
Among the growing death toll are doctors, academics, journalists, artists and poets. Palestinian officials say the current numbers do not reflect the true catastrophe unfolding, with fatalities likely to be higher as thousands remain missing or trapped under rubble and thousands of others face starvation and disease.
This means that one person out of every 100 people has been killed in Israel’s offensive.
Children, constituting almost half of the population in Gaza — a region recently described by the UN as “the most dangerous place in the world to be a child” — are bearing the brunt of the conflict, alongside women, accounting for nearly 70 percent of the casualties since October 7.
Israel has come under fire for its indiscriminate attacks, showing no apparent distinction between Hamas fighters and civilians and leaving no neighbourhood in the enclave unscathed.
Among the growing death toll are doctors, academics, journalists, artists and poets. Palestinian officials say the current numbers do not reflect the true catastrophe unfolding, with fatalities likely to be higher as thousands remain missing or trapped under rubble and thousands of others face starvation and disease.
Palestine’s besieged Gaza was home to 2.2 million civilians prior to Israel’s latest — and unprecedentedly brutal — onslaught, which began on October 7. But after three months of ruthless aerial attacks and a violent ground incursion, the enclave’s population has been reduced as the death toll has topped 22,700.
This means that one person out of every 100 people has been killed in Israel’s offensive.
Children, constituting almost half of the population in Gaza — a region recently described by the UN as “the most dangerous place in the world to be a child” — are bearing the brunt of the conflict, alongside women, accounting for nearly 70 percent of the casualties since October 7.
Israel has come under fire for its indiscriminate attacks, showing no apparent distinction between Hamas fighters and civilians and leaving no neighbourhood in the enclave unscathed.
Among the growing death toll are doctors, academics, journalists, artists and poets. Palestinian officials say the current numbers do not reflect the true catastrophe unfolding, with fatalities likely to be higher as thousands remain missing or trapped under rubble and thousands of others face starvation and disease.
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