Gaza death toll surpasses 9000

The health ministry in the Gaza Strip said on Thursday (November 2) that the death toll there since the start of Israel’s war against Hamas had surpassed 9,000.

The ministry said 9,061 had been killed since the war began with the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7. Of these, 3,760 were children and an additional 32,000 had been wounded, the ministry said.

Nearly 2,600 reports of missing people, including 1,150 children missing or buried under the rubble, have been filed, the ministry added._Agencies