The death toll from Israel’s strikes on the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the current escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in early October 2023 has exceeded 40,400, with more than 93,400 people being wounded, Gaza’s health ministry said.

According to the ministry, as many as 40,405 people have been killed, including at least 71 in the past 24 hours alone. As many as 112 more civilians received wounds during the past day, bringing the overall number of those wounded up to 93,468.