By Aluta News
Oct. 19, 2023
The health ministry in Gaza on Thursday said at least 3,785 Palestinians had been killed and 12,493 wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct.7.
Ministry spokesman, Ashraf Al-Qudra told a news conference that of the total death toll, 1,524 were children and 1,000 were women.
Al-Qudra added that 44 health workers had been killed in Gaza while four hospitals were out of service and 14 basic healthcare services had stopped functioning.
Al-Qudra added that “there are no medicine stocks in any of the hospitals in Gaza,” calling on the international community to expedite the delivery of aid to Gaza.
Reuters/NAN