People killed since 7 October 2023 Close Sources: Hamas-controlled health authorities in Gaza / UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) / Israeli authorities Disclaimer: Figures from Hamas-controlled health authorities in Gaza do not distinguish between civilians and combatants, and may periodically be late. Figures from Israeli authorities show that around 1,200 civilians and soldiers were killed in connection with the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. 287 Israeli soldiers have been killed since October 27, 2023. None of the figures have been confirmed by independent sources. The Palestinian figures are updated daily. Figures from Israel are updated at least twice a week. Close More information about the numbers – I have never seen anything like it, says Imbrahim Abu-Moustafa. He was in the area during the rocket attack on a school in Khan Younis on Tuesday night. At least 29 Palestinians were killed, according to Nasser Hospital. Imbrahim was trying to help the injured when he received the disheartening message. – There were four dead bodies with their faces covered. I didn’t recognize him. When I took off the plastic I saw who it was. Imbrahim Abu-Moustafa’s 10-year-old son was killed. Photo: Jebril Abu Kmeil There was a bustling public life around the al-Awda school, says the father. The son was there to play volleyball. Others shopped in the stalls, charged their phones or used the internet. To the team in Gaza, with whom news collaborates, several eyewitnesses describe a chaotic situation where body parts were scattered over the area after the rocket fell from the sky. One says that everything turned blood red and dark. – I tried to save others, I didn’t have the capacity to think about my own son, says Abu-Moustafa. He says that he saw a man who had lost both legs. Here, Palestinians mourn after a rocket attack on a school in Gaza. Photo: Jebril Abu Kmeil It is the UN organization for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) that manages the school. Many Palestinians have sought refuge here. According to UNRWA, there must have been 2,000 people present when the attack took place. IDF: Claims the school housed a Hamas fighter Late on Tuesday evening, Israel commented on the attack. The Israeli military (IDF) claims to have used “precision munitions” in this area to target “a terrorist from Hamas’s military wing” who took part in the October 7 attack. – The IDF is looking into reports that civilians have been injured near the al-Awda school, writes the spokesperson on Telegram. Now only the ruins of the UN-run school remain. Photo: Jebril Abu Kmeil The attack occurred a week after the IDF demanded that civilians evacuate this and other areas east of Khan Younis. Subsequently, several tens of thousands have left the area, according to the BBC. The school attack was the fourth Israeli attack on schools in Gaza in four days. The Hamas-led Gaza Health Authority says the attack hit close to the gate of the al-Awda school. Photo: Jebril Abu Kmeil The attack came as a shock. Several of those the team in Gaza have spoken to came to the city because there were houses they could live in and water they could drink. Said Abu-Alros was an eyewitness to the rocket attack. Photo: Jebril Abu Kmeil According to several of those who lived there, everyday life had begun to take on a certain normality. They settled in the village of Abasan, east of Khan Younis. The attack therefore came as a shock. – If they fail to take Hamas, are they going to take children?, asks the eyewitness Said Abu-Alros. – Are they going to take infants and elderly people?, he adds. Life is difficult in Gaza, says Abu-Alros. People are no longer able to express themselves, the impressions are too cruel. – There was an old lady who sat here and laughed. She’s gone now. May god show her mercy. Despite the horrors, life continues in the tiny village. The refugees play volleyball to think about other things. Palestinians play volleyball after the attack on the school in Kahn Younis. Photo: Jebril Abu Kmeil If you want more foreign material, you can listen to the editor’s podcast here: Published 11.07.2024, at 20.46
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