Gaza death toll since October 2023 rises to 73,651, health ministry says

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Gaza's health ministry reported that 73,651 Palestinians have been killed and 174,575 injured since October 2023, with 17 bodies and 27 injured received by hospitals in the past 48 hours. The ministry stated that rescue crews face difficulties reaching victims trapped under rubble, and the cumulative death toll includes recently verified fatalities and those killed since the October 11, 2025 ceasefire.

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Israel has killed 73,651 Palestinians and injured 174,575 others as of 5 September 2026, since launching what rights groups and UN officials have described as a genocidal military campaign on Gaza following Hamas's attacks on 7 October 2023, according to the territory's health ministry. Wafa news agency reported that hospitals in Gaza received 17 bodies over the past 48 hours, including five newly killed people, one who succumbed to injuries, and 11 bodies recovered from under the rubble, in add

Gaza death toll since October 2023 rises to 73,651, health ministry says

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