People search for survivors and the bodies of victims through the rubble of buildings destroyed during Israeli bombardment, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 26, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. Photo by Mahmud HAMS / AFP
The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza has now reached 7,028, a figure that includes 2,913 children, 1,709 women, and 397 elderly, the health ministry in the besieged enclave reported.
More than 100 Palestinians have also been killed in the occupied West Bank since October 7.