Family members arrive at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, where victims have been brought following an Israeli strike on the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on April 6, 2026. Photo by EYAD BABA / AFP
Gaza: The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced today that the death toll from the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip has risen to 72,329 martyrs and 172,192 wounded since October 7, 2023.
The ministry stated in a press release that hospitals in the Gaza Strip received two martyrs and eight wounded individuals in the past 24 hours.
The total number of martyrs since the ceasefire last October has risen to 750, and the total number of wounded to 2,090. 760 bodies have been recovered, while a number of victims remain trapped under the rubble, as rescue and ambulance crews have been unable to reach them.
