{"id":15198,"date":"2026-06-14T16:14:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T16:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/06\/14\/gaza-death-toll-nears-73000-palestinian-health-ministry\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T16:14:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T16:14:22","slug":"gaza-death-toll-nears-73000-palestinian-health-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/06\/14\/gaza-death-toll-nears-73000-palestinian-health-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza Death Toll Nears 73,000 Amid Ongoing Conflict, Palestinian Health Ministry Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza has reported that since the Israeli regime&#8217;s war against the Gaza Strip began on October 7, 2023, 72,996 people have been killed and 173,246 others injured. These figures represent the latest official tally of human casualties in this prolonged and devastating conflict.<\/p>\n<p>According to the ministry, within the past 24 hours alone, the bodies of 3 martyrs and 16 injured individuals were transferred to Gaza Strip hospitals. Health officials in Gaza say that ongoing attacks and current restrictions have severely hampered rescue efforts and medical care for the wounded.<\/p>\n<p>The Gaza Health Ministry further stated that since the ceasefire was established on October 11, an additional 986 people have been killed and 3,138 have been injured. Moreover, 783 cases of retrieving bodies from under the rubble have been recorded during this period, indicating that the fallout from the attacks continues.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry emphasized that numerous victims remain trapped under the debris of destroyed buildings or are stranded on routes, and rescue teams have been unable to reach them due to prevailing conditions. This ongoing situation has heightened concerns regarding the potential increase in the actual number of deaths and injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palestinian Health Ministry reports nearly 73,000 killed and over 173,000 injured in Gaza since October 7 amid ongoing conflict and restricted aid access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}