Gaza death toll surpasses 40,000, with over 90,000 wounded

Israeli forces have killed at least 40 Palestinians and wounded 107 others in the past 24 hours, according to the Palestinian health ministry. 

This brings the death toll since 7 October to 40,005, with more than 92,401 wounded and an estimated 10,000 missing, likely dead and buried under rubble.

Health officials report that around 70 percent of the victims are children and women.

Israeli forces have also killed 632 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since 7 October, including 147 children and nine women, according to the Palestinian health ministry.