Nearly 3,000 Palestinians killed in first days of Gaza war named by conflict monitor

Airwars says move is first step in effort to identify every civilian killed during Israeli military campaign

A Palestinian child inspects the rubble of a school destroyed in an Israeli airstrike on Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 27, 2024. Picture: AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana

A conflict monitor has named nearly 3,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza[/utl] in almost 350 separate incidents during the first 17 days of the war – the first step in an exercise aimed at identifying every civilian killed during the Israeli military campaign.

Though the 2,993 victims named are a fraction of the overall death total of 39,000 cited by the Palestinian ministry of health in Gaza, Airwars, the group involved, says the effort shows it is possible to name those killed while a war is ongoing.