In the two years since Hamas launched its Oct. 7, 2023, surprise attack on Israel, at least 67,173 Palestinians have been killed and 169,780 others wounded in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry.
“Among those killed are 20,179 children, 10,427 women, 4,813 elderly people, and 31,754 men,” the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
Of the 38 hospitals in Gaza, 25 are now out of service, leaving only 13 still in partial operation, according to the ministry.
The first round of peace talks — taking place in the Egyptian city of Sharm El Sheikh — lasted four hours and are still ongoing, a spokesperson for Qatar’s foreign ministry said in a press conference in Doha on Tuesday.
Also on Tuesday, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said at a Cairo press conference that an American delegation headed by presidential envoy Steve Witkoff will join talks aimed at a truce in Gaza and hostage and prisoner exchange on Wednesday.
-ABC News’ Diaa Ostaz and Nasser Atta
