Death Toll Rises: BBC Verify Investigates Gaza Conflict Impact with 20,000 Palestinians Killed
Gaza City, Palestine – Amid escalating violence in Gaza, the death toll continues to rise, with at least 20,000 Palestinians reported killed since Israel launched airstrikes following Hamas’s attacks on 7 October. The conflict has led to an average of nearly 300 casualties per day, according to data from Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry. Experts have noted that the rate of killing in this conflict is unprecedented, with the current war being described as exceptionally deadly. …