Claim by Gaza Health Ministry: 40,450 Palestinians have been killed since October 7 of last year

The Gaza Health Ministry, controlled by Hamas, claimed on Sunday, September 4, that at least 40,450 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli military attacks on Gaza since October 7 of last year, with nearly 94,000 others injured. Typically, the Gaza Health Ministry or organizations under Hamas do not mention the number of militants killed when reporting casualties. Israel states that it makes every effort to prevent civilian casualties and accuses Hamas of using human shields, a claim that the group denies. According to Reuters, in just the past 24 hours, in attacks that the Gaza Health Ministry referred to as three 'massacres' by Israel in the Gaza Strip, 71 people were killed and 112 were injured. The war between Israel and Hamas began on October 7 of last year when this Islamist group, supported by the Islamic Republic, carried out a terrorist attack on Israeli border areas, killing over 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking about 250 hostages to Gaza. Israel, the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Japan have listed Hamas as a terrorist organization. Netanyahu regarding a 'preemptive strike' against Hezbollah: Nasrallah and Khamenei should know this is another step to change the situation. Egypt: Israel should abandon its request to control the Rafah crossing in the early days of a possible ceasefire. Despite today's Hezbollah attacks; leaders of Mossad and Shin Bet are going to Cairo for negotiations. Efforts to prevent escalation of tensions in the region; the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Army has gone to the Middle East. Destruction of a 500-meter tunnel of Islamic Jihad; Israel reported killing dozens of Palestinian militants.