Here are the latest casualty figures as of October 24, 2.40pm local time (11:40 GMT):
Gaza
Killed: At least 5,791
Including at least:
2,360 children
1,292 women
Injured: More than 16,297
Occupied West Bank
Killed: At least 96
Injured: At least 1,828
Israel
Killed: At least 1,405
Injured: At least 5,431
Whether the numbers are inflated or not doesn’t really matter.
What really matters is that innocent people are being killed every day and a lot of those are kids.
That the humanitarian crisis is deepening every day.
That more than 1.4M people are displaced.
That Israel is bombing the area they suggested was a safe heaven.
That the people in Gaza are going through hell.
And sadly this won’t solve anything and would only strengthen the position of Hamas and nurture another generation of broken people. After this, peace in the region would become even harder and there would be increase of the support for far right parties in Israel. And those parties will do everything in their power to continue antagonizing the Palestinian and Arab population both in the West Bank and also in Gaza. Nothing good would come out of it! And it saddens me immensely!