Official Figures: Israeli Genocide Claimed Lives of 1.8% of Gaza’s Population

Israeli genocide has killed around 1.8% of Gaza’s population since 7 October, according to figures released by the Palestinian Center Bureau of Statistics on Sunday, 11 August 2024. 

The published figures showed that Israeli ruthless attacks on Gaza claimed the lives of more than 39,000 people in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023.

“This constitutes around 1.8% of the total population in the territory,” it added.

Around 24% of the Palestinian victims in Gaza were young people, the center noted.

Earlier, the Israeli military bombed the Al-Taba’een School in the Al-Daraj neighborhood housing displaced Palestinian people, killing at least 100 including women and children, according to the Government Media Office in Gaza.

The media office stated that “The Israeli strikes targeted the displaced people while performing Fajr (dawn) prayers, (which) led to a rapid rise in the number of casualties,”.