Health ministry in Gaza says war death toll nears 29,000

An injured Palestinian child is transported on a gurney into an Egyptian Red Crescent ambulance vehicle after evacuation from the Gaza Strip via the Rafah border crossing into Egypt on February 1, 2024.
An injured Palestinian child is transported on a gurney into an Egyptian Red Crescent ambulance vehicle after evacuation from the Gaza Strip via the Rafah border crossing into Egypt on February 1, 2024. Photo: AFP

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza on Sunday said that at least 28,985 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory during the war between militants and Israel.

A total of 127 people died in the last 24 hours, and 68,883 people have been injured since war erupted on October 7, it added in a statement.