ISRAELI forces have killed at least 17,177, people, including 7,112 children and 4,885 women, in Gaza since 7 October, according to a statement from the health ministry in Gaza on Thursday.
It added that from Wednesday to Thursday morning, 350 Palestinians have been killed.
More than half of the said casualties were women and children and it did not take into account that at least 46, 000 people have been injured and at least 7,600 people are missing, the statement added.
The UN said 1.87 million people – more than 80% of Gaza’s population – have been driven from their homes in the past two months.
Many families have been displaced multiple times to avoid the Israeli advance, and are living in tents and overcrowded makeshift shelters.
Footage published by the military correspondent of Israel’s Channel 11 shows Israeli forces deliberately stripping dozens of Palestinian civilian men naked during their arrest in northern Gaza.
“The (Israeli army) arrested dozens of men who surrendered and raised their hands,” said Itay Blumental on X. “Now they are checking to see if any of them are terrorists or Hamas or Islamic Jihad operatives.”
A Palestinian man trapped in Khalifa School in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, told Al Jazeera that the Israeli army is surrounding the school from all sides, which is hosting about 7,000 displaced people.
“Their snipers are on top of several buildings opposite the school,” the unnamed Palestinian man said.
He went on to say that many people inside the school have been killed and that they will be buried in the school grounds due to the siege.
