The Israel-Hamas struggle within the Gaza Strip, triggered by the Palestinian group’s unprecedented Oct 7 assault on Israel, has already drawn in Iran-backed militants in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen.
The Hamas assault resulted within the deaths of 1,198 individuals, largely civilians, in accordance with an AFP tally primarily based on Israeli official figures.
Palestinian militants seized 251 hostages, 111 of whom are nonetheless held in Gaza, together with 39 the Israeli navy says are lifeless.
Israel’s retaliatory navy marketing campaign in Gaza has killed at the very least 39,677 individuals, in accordance with the Hamas-run territory’s well being ministry, which doesn’t give particulars of civilian and militant deaths.
The toll included two dozen deaths previously 24 hours, in accordance with ministry figures.
Israel stated its air drive had “struck dozens of terror targets all through the Gaza Strip” over the previous day.
