Death Toll In Gaza: 40,000-Hamas, Health Authorities Confirm

The death toll in Gaza has reached 40,000 killings which has been confirmed by Hamas and the health authorities in Palestine. Almost 39,929 Gaza people have been killed in the war between Israel and Palestine in its eleventh month.

The figures include 32 deaths of Palestinians who have been killed in the last 24 hours only, said the health authorities.

(Also read: Israel Airstrike On Gaza School Results In Death Of More Than 100 People)

After 7 October, Hamas said that more than 92,240 people had been injured and 1200 citizens lost their lives only on this very day, setting an even higher death toll in Gaza from day one.

Many people have become hostages since the war started which has created a worldwide dilemma, not only for the common people but for the politicians belonging to every corner of the world.

The UN Human Rights Office has registered 21 strikes in Gaza schools since July 4. The purpose of the schools was to serve as shelters for displaced individuals and refugees. Even after Israel warned them to evacuate their places, which Palestinian people did and went to live in schools, Israel did not stop bombarding them, killing several women and children mercilessly.

The UK, Germany, and France all issued calls for restraint that Iran’s foreign minister disregarded. Their demands were signified by a “lack of political logic and contradict principles of international law”.

An important step in efforts to reduce death toll in Gaza

Yesterday, another development took place in the form of a coalition for joint plea. The coalition was formed by the UK, France and Germany and they all emphasised a ceasefire with “no further delay”.

French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer all pleaded that the war should end now and “all hostages still detained by Hamas must be released”.

All three leaders knew the significance of the war halt since they stressed that the aid needed to be delivered urgently to the targeted Palestinian locations before the world saw more deaths. They said that it should be “urgent and unfettered delivery”.

Iran has also clarified that only if a ceasefire deal is locked, it would then step back from taking its revenge on the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.

Iran has vowed for this revenge since the day their leader was gone while Israel has neither confirmed nor denied the allegations. However, Israel has verified that the attacks they had made on schools were only for finishing the Hamas commandos and fighters.

Therefore, taking this as a signal, Iran has blamed Israel for this step. Amidst this escalation of political violence, the US Navy has strengthened its forces with more deployment of warships and submarines in the Middle East to back Israel.

Most of the urgency for the ceasefire is being made so that the deal is done this week; the hopes are high, said the three leaders.

Another advancement in this regard that surprised the world was the US credit rating agency Fitch’s downgrading of Israel’s rating. The company said the war is likely to proceed into the year 2025 for which the firm has lowered the country’s rating from A+ to A.

The firm gave its reasoning as, “In addition to human losses, it could result in significant additional military spending, destruction of infrastructure and more sustained damage to economic activity and investment, leading to a further deterioration of Israel’s credit metrics”.

Russia is also offering full support to Palestine. Their President Vladimir Putin told Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas that they are worried about the rising civilian deaths in Gaza.

The Russian president also told the media that they are doing everything, in the best of their efforts, to support Palestine and its people.