Update: At least 39,897 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

GAZA, Aug. 12 (YPA) – At least 39,897 Palestinian civilians killed and 92,152 wounded from the Israeli aggression on the residential areas of the Gaza Strip since Oct 7.

The Gaza-based health ministry said in a statement that “the number of martyrs does not include those unidentified in the massacre at the Al-Tabi’in School in Gaza City.”

The statement affirmed that “the Israeli occupation committed 3 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip during the past 48 hours, killing 142 martyrs and wounding 150 others.

“There are still a number of victims getting buried under the rubble, the destroyed buildings and on the roads, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them,” it added.

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