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Archive photoGaza Health Ministry Reports 32 Deaths In 3 Israeli Massacres As War Reaches 200 Days
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Gaza health ministry reports 32 killed in 24 hours, death toll around 34,183. Israel's war in Gaza reaches 200 days amid mass casualties and extensive destruction.
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200 Days, Rising Deaths
The war in the Gaza Strip reached 200 days of Israeli offensive on Tuesday, with the Gaza Health Ministry of the Hamas government reporting that "The Israeli occupation committed 3 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, causing 32 deaths and 59 injuries in hospitals in the last 24 hours." The Gaza Health Ministry of the Hamas government said the total death toll had reached 34,183 Gazans, alongside about 11,000 bodies believed to remain under the rubble.
The Civil Defense team of the Strip, independent of Hamas, confirmed it had recovered at least 283 corpses from a mass grave found Saturday at Naser hospital in Khan Younis, where the Israeli army withdrew on April 7 after four months of fighting. The Israeli army said it had struck about "25 Hamas targets" in the last 24 hours with aircraft, including military infrastructure, observation posts, and launch sites, according to a military statement.
Numbers, Missing, and Criticism
Al Jazeera put the 200th day in figures that put deaths at 34,183 and wounded at 77,084, while the Government Media Office said 7,000 people were missing. Emily Tripp, director of the London-based nonprofit Airwars, told Al Jazeera that "We have now identified more incidents where civilians have been killed since October 7 in Gaza than we did in eight years of the US and allied campaign against ISIS in Iraq and Syria."
The BBC said the war entered its 200th day amid concerns about an escalation in the next phase, in light of Israel’s plan to storm the city of Rafah in the south of the strip. Esmat Mansour, a researcher at the MadaR Center for Israeli Studies, argued on "Nuqtat Huwar" that Israel did not succeed in achieving the most important goal of the war after 200 days, which is the release of prisoners, because there are still 133 Israeli prisoners held by Hamas.
Hostages, Hospitals, and Costs
Israel said it killed about 13,000 Hamas militants since the war began, while it also said 253 people were held as hostages on October 7, 2023, and 109 were released in prisoner exchanges or separate deals. The Israeli army said it had found three hostages during military operations, and it said the bodies of 11 hostages were recovered, including three whom the Israeli army acknowledged killing in one of its operations.
In parallel, Al Jazeera’s numbers highlighted the scale of damage and disruption, saying at least 75,000 tonnes of explosives had been dropped on Gaza by Israeli forces and that 62 percent of all houses had been damaged or destroyed, according to UNRWA. The war’s toll also extended beyond Gaza, as the Al Jazeera net account said the Israeli government broadened the overall budget framework to reach 584.1 billion shekels ($157.8 billion) by adding 100 billion shekels ($27 billion) to cover the cost of the war that began in 2023.