After 15 months of Israel’s incessant bombardment of Palestinians in Gaza, a six-week ceasefire between Tel Aviv and Hamas went into effect on 19 January.
While the ceasefire offers much-needed respite for the people of Gaza, who, in 469 days, had endured the most brutal onslaughts in modern history, many feel it has come a little too late.
On the day the ceasefire went into effect, the health ministry in Gaza reported Israel’s military onslaught had k*lled 46,913 Palestinians.
Meanwhile, a recent study by the renowned medical journal The Lancet states the actual death toll is much higher than what the Gaza Health Ministry has reported due to Israel’s attacks destroying the enclave’s health infrastructure. According to the study, about 25,000 deaths may have gone unreported during the first nine months, bringing the total to about 64,000 deaths. Over the past several months, researchers have attempted to calculate the actual death toll, with figures ranging as high as a couple of hundred thousand.
While Israel claims its onslaught has targeted Hamas members, Gaza’s most vulnerable, such as children and women, have suffered the most. Here, we sum up some of the impacts of the 15-month onslaught.
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