Israel kills 1.8 percent of Gaza population in ten months
Gaza (Quds News Network)- Israel has killed around 1.8% of Gaza’s population since the start of the genocide war on October 7, according to figures released by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) on Sunday.
In a statement, the bureau said more than 39,000 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since October 7, adding this “constitutes around 1.8% of the total population in the territory.”
According to the bureau, around 24% of the Palestinian victims in Gaza were young people.
The figures showed that famine has killed 34 people in Gaza, with around 3,500 children at risk of death due to malnutrition and food shortages.
According to the bureau, around 70% of the injured people in Gaza are women and children, while some 10,000 people are still missing and around two million have been displaced.
It said 620 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank, with around 75% of the fatalities among people under the age of 30.
