Gaza death toll from Israeli attacks reaches 11,500 Including over 4,700 children

The death toll from Israeli attacks on the blockaded Gaza Strip has risen to 11,500, according to the Media Office of the Palestinian government in Gaza.

The victims of Israeli attacks in the exclave since 7 October included 4,710 children and 3,160 women, Anadolu reports.

Israeli shelling also killed 200 medical personnel, 22 civil defence personnel and 51 journalists.

In addition, 29,800 residents of the Gaza Strip, 70 per cent of whom are women and children, have been injured.

As many as 3,640 people are listed as missing, including 1,770 children.

According to the Media Office, 25 hospitals and 52 health centres in the Gaza Strip have ceased operations due to Israeli attacks. Fifty-five ambulances came under fire.

In addition, the total number of Israeli army casualties since the start of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) ground operations in the Gaza Strip has reached 50.

Two soldiers were killed during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip on November 15.

At the same time, Yahya Sinwar, leader of the Palestinian radical Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, has abandoned talks with Israel following the Israel Defence Forces' actions at al-Shifa hospital in the Gaza Strip.

Sinwar abruptly broke off talks with Qatari mediators on Wednesday and said he would not continue them as long as the Israeli military was in al-Shifa. Hamas has not yet commented on this information.

Under the existing draft deal for the release of hostages, the militants would be able to release them in separate batches over several days. This would give Sinwar the option of releasing some Israelis on one day and not releasing any of them on another while maintaining the ceasefire.

Meanwhile, Hamas has tentatively agreed to a deal with Israel to release at least 50 women and children of the 240 hostages taken on 7 October.

In exchange, the Palestinian movement is demanding that Israel fulfil several conditions

For the release of some of the hostages, Hamas is demanding a three- or five-day pause in hostilities in the Gaza Strip, greater access to humanitarian aid to the enclave and the release of Palestinian women and children held in Israeli prisons.

The newspaper's sources said the sides may once again fail to reach an agreement. The latest scheme has been agreed only "in general terms", an Arab diplomat said. The sides had previously discussed a different number of hostages and different conditions for their release.

The Israeli side has not yet decided on a deal with Hamas. On November 15, Israeli authorities refused to comment on the potential deal.