EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / (FILES) The body of Palestinian journalist Adel Zorob (bottom), who was killed overnight during Israeli bombardment, lies with others at a hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 19, 2023 amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Hamas's attack on October 7 resulted in the deaths of 1,205 people on the Israeli side, most of them civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli official figures.
Israel's retaliatory military campaign in Gaza has killed at least 41,431 Palestinians, the majority of them civilians, according to figures provided by the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza. The United Nations has acknowledged the toll as reliable. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)