People remove a victim from a building destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Oct. 17, 2023. The number of Palestinian deaths caused by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza has risen to 3,000, according to the Gaza-based Health Ministry. The Israeli airstrikes were triggered by a large-scale Hamas attack on Israeli military targets and towns on Oct. 7, which has so far killed at least 1,300 people in Israel. (Photo by Khaled Omar/Xinhua)
GAZA, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- The number of Palestinian deaths caused by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza has risen to 3,000, according to the Gaza-based Health Ministry.
"About 3,000 Palestinians were killed and more than 12,500 wounded in the Gaza Strip by the Israeli army," the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry added that there are more than 1,200 others under the rubble of their houses that were destroyed by the Israeli airstrikes.
The Israeli airstrikes were triggered by a large-scale Hamas attack on Israeli military targets and towns on Oct. 7, which has so far killed at least 1,300 people in Israel. ■
People remove a victim from a building destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Oct. 17, 2023. The number of Palestinian deaths caused by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza has risen to 3,000, according to the Gaza-based Health Ministry. The Israeli airstrikes were triggered by a large-scale Hamas attack on Israeli military targets and towns on Oct. 7, which has so far killed at least 1,300 people in Israel. (Photo by Khaled Omar/Xinhua)
A man holds a injured child after Israeli airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Oct. 17, 2023. The number of Palestinian deaths caused by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza has risen to 3,000, according to the Gaza-based Health Ministry. The Israeli airstrikes were triggered by a large-scale Hamas attack on Israeli military targets and towns on Oct. 7, which has so far killed at least 1,300 people in Israel. (Photo by Khaled Omar/Xinhua)
People remove a victim from a building destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Oct. 17, 2023. The number of Palestinian deaths caused by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza has risen to 3,000, according to the Gaza-based Health Ministry. The Israeli airstrikes were triggered by a large-scale Hamas attack on Israeli military targets and towns on Oct. 7, which has so far killed at least 1,300 people in Israel. (Photo by Khaled Omar/Xinhua)
