Health ministry in Gaza says war death toll ‘exceeds 30,000’

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 number of people killed in the Palestinian territory during the war between Hamas militants and Israel has surpassed 30,000, the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on Thursday. 

“The number of martyrs exceeds 30,000,” a ministry statement said. It added that the toll includes at least 79 deaths reported overnight.