Gaza War Death Toll Reaches 52,243 as Hundredsof Missing Declared Dead

A Palestinian man inspects the damage at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, in the northern Gaza Strip. File photo: Reuters

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza announced today 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.