The death toll in Gaza has exceeded 40,000 as ongoing violence leads to increasing casualties in the region.

According to health officials in Gaza, the number of casualties has reached 40000.

The strip of land, which is small and heavily populated, has become overcrowded with human bodies.

According to Islamic tradition, those who die in war are deemed ceremonially clean; hence their corpses do not undergo washing. The mutilated remains are covered with plastic by laborers as a precautionary measure against bloodstains spoiling the pristine white shrouds.

In the yard of the health unit, families convene to offer prayers for their loved ones. The bodies are carefully wrapped in white cloth by al-Zuriei and his colleagues before being placed side-by-side on the ground prior to burial at the cemetery.

After 11 months of conflict between Israeli and Hamas forces, negotiations have commenced to establish a ceasefire.

The attack caused widespread devastation to the region, causing a significant displacement of Gaza’s 2.3 million inhabitants who were forced to evacuate their residences repeatedly.

Diplomats are optimistic that it will convince Iran and Lebanon’s Hezbollah to refrain from retaliation following the assassination of a key Hezbollah commander in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, as well as Hamas’ principal political figure who died due to an explosion occurring in Tehran.

Due to consecutive evacuation directives and military interventions, numerous individuals have been forced into a designated humanitarian area located on the coastline. It is here where they reside within cramped tent villages under extremely limited amenities.

Famine warnings have been raised as aid groups face challenges in distributing food and essentials.