That figure translates to approximately 1.3% of the territory’s 2.3 million people, and it is the most recent stark reminder of the war’s terrible cost.
According to the ministry, women and children made up the vast bulk of those deceased.
Its stats make no distinction between civilians and fighters when identifying those dead.
In its daily statement on Thursday, the ministry said that 81 individuals had been killed in the previous 24 hours, bringing the total to 30,035.
The actual number of fatalities is likely to be far higher because the total does not include individuals who have yet to reach hospitals, including thousands of civilians who are still trapped beneath the debris of buildings damaged by Israeli air raids.
The Gaza Ministry of Health (MoH), the only official source of casualties, has documented over 70,000 injured persons. Its data is used by UN agencies and other international organisations.
The World Health Organization (WHO) states that it has “long-standing cooperation” with the Gaza authority and “good capacity in data collection/analysis.” The UN body considers its prior reporting reliable and “well developed.”
The WHO observes that when the current breakdown of deaths is compared to prior data recorded by the UN from previous battles in Gaza, “it clearly shows an increasing number of civilians being killed, with a higher proportion of children and women fatalities”.
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