Here are the latest casualty figures as of October 24, 2.40pm local time (11:40 GMT):

Gaza

Killed: At least 5,791

Including at least:

2,360 children

1,292 women

Injured: More than 16,297

Occupied West Bank

Killed: At least 96

Injured: At least 1,828

Israel

Killed: At least 1,405

Injured: At least 5,431

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    1 year ago

    TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY children. I don’t care which side you’re on, but this should make everybody intensely sad.

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      1 year ago

      The average age in Palestine is 19 so ~50% of civilians killed are going to be children. And for the survivors 53.5% of children in Palestine have PTSD and something like 80% show symptoms.