A man carrying a child walks amid the rubble, following an Israeli strike at the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on April 27, 2025. (Credit: Eyad Baba/AFP)
The health ministry in Gaza announced Sunday that the death toll from the war had risen to at least 52,243 people, after accounting for hundreds of individuals previously listed as missing whose deaths have now been confirmed.
"An additional 697 martyrs have been added to the cumulative statistics after their data was completed and verified by the committee monitoring missing persons," the health ministry said in a statement, adding the overall toll stood at 52,243.
The health ministry in Gaza announced Sunday that the death toll from the war had risen to at least 52,243 people, after accounting for hundreds of individuals previously listed as missing whose deaths have now been confirmed.
"An additional 697 martyrs have been added to the cumulative statistics after their data was completed and verified by the committee monitoring missing persons," the health ministry said in a statement, adding the overall toll stood at 52,243.
