Israel Hamas war: 29 Nobel Laureates, including Satyarthi, appeal for compassion for all children

Medicine), Richard J. Roberts (1993 Nobel Laureate in Medicine), and Mdm. Corazon Valdez Fabros and Philip Jennings (International Peace Bureau, 1910 Nobel Peace Laureate), Mdm. Jody Williams (1997 Nobel Peace Laureate) and Sir Gregory Winter (2018 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry), Prof. Dr. Serge Haroche 2012 Nobel Laureate in Physics signed the statement.

In its latest situation update, the UN Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs (OCHA) said the death toll in Israel as of Thursday stood at 1,400, which included foreign nationals, as Palestinian armed groups’ continued indiscriminate rocket firing towards Israeli population centres. The number of injured increased to 4,562.

According to the OCHA, Israel’s death toll is over threefold the cumulative number of Israelis killed since the Office began recording casualties in 2005 (nearly 400).

Meanwhile, at least 199 people are currently being held captive in Gaza, it added.

Citing the Palestinian Health Ministry based in Gaza, the OCHA said that the death toll in Gaza has increased to 3,478, including 853 children, with about 12,500 others injured.

The UN agency said the deadly bombing at Al Ahli Arab Baptist hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday left at least 471 people dead, including children, healthcare staff and Internally Displaced People (IDPs).