The death toll in Gaza from Israel’s ongoing military offensive has exceeded 70,000 over the past two years, according to the latest figures from the Gaza Health Ministry, with more than 170,000 Palestinians severely injured. The majority of victims are women, children, and the elderly, amid continued Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) operations despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire that took effect on October 10. Since the truce, at least 352 Palestinians have been killed in IDF strikes, highlighting repeated violations. On Saturday (November 29), an IDF drone strike in Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killed two Palestinian brothers—Juma and Fadi Abu Asi, aged 11 and 8—while they were near a school sheltering displaced families. The boys were rushed to Nasser Hospital but succumbed to their injuries; family members mourned publicly as their bodies were laid out. The IDF claimed the strike targeted “suspects” who crossed the ceasefire’s “yellow line” and posed an immediate threat to troops, though no arms were mentioned. Hamas and Palestinian authorities condemned it as a ceasefire breach, urging mediators to intervene. A peer-reviewed Lancet study estimates traumatic injury deaths reached 64,260 by June 2024, likely surpassing 70,000 by October 2024, with 59.1% women, children, and elderly—figures that exclude indirect deaths from famine, disease, and healthcare collapse. The Health Ministry’s data, compiled from hospital records, physician reports, and family verifications (including names, ages, and IDs), is deemed reliable by the UN, WHO, and Human Rights Watch, though Israel has questioned its accuracy without providing alternatives. Saturday’s strikes across Gaza involved ground, naval, and air assaults, killing several more and exacerbating the humanitarian crisis. The UN reports 70% of Gaza’s buildings destroyed or damaged, with 100% of the population facing acute food insecurity, risking thousands more indirect deaths. International calls grow for full ceasefire enforcement and aid escalation amid this unprecedented toll.