The #Gaza Strip's Health Ministry said on Saturday that at least 48,181 people were killed in more than 15 months of #Israel's brutal war on the besieged territory. 

#Hamas and Israel have agreed on a ceasefire, which came into effect on January 19, but the confirmed number of dead has continued to rise daily as bodies are discovered under the rubble, victims are identified or people die from wounds sustained earlier in the war. 

Over the last 48 hours, 26 deaths have been recorded and more than 570 earlier deaths had been confirmed, according to the ministry.

It said a total of 111,638 people were wounded during the war, which began in October 2023.

Israel has repeatedly cast doubt on the ministry's figures, which the United Nations considers reliable.

A study published in early January in the British medical journal The Lancet estimated the death toll in Gaza due to hostilities during the first nine months of the was about 40% higher than the figures recorded by the Gaza health ministry.
#Gaza #Israel #Hamas