India, Sept. 28 -- The death toll in the Israel-Hamas war has now surpassed 66,000, as per the latest figures released by Gaza's Health Ministry on Sunday. Among the dead were 79 who were brought to hospitals in the past 24 hours, it said.

The ministry, which comes under the administration of Hamas, reported that 66,005 individuals have been murdered and 168,162 injured in Gaza since Hamas opened fire at Israel on October 7, 2023, prompting a military response from Israel.

Though the ministry does not identify the civilian and militant dead, it has said that half of the dead include women and children.

Israel's attack has levelled large sections of Gaza, forced some 90% of the population to flee and resulted in a catastrophic humanitar...