WARNING: This story contains disturbing images of death and violence.
Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 18,600 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 50,600 injured since Israel responded with a punishing bombing campaign and ground incursion to a deadly attack on Oct. 7 by Hamas militants that killed 1,200 people and saw another 240 taken hostage.
The mounting death toll and deteriorating conditions for civilians inside Gaza are in part what prompted 153 members of the United Nations — including Canada — to vote this week in favour of demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.
With much of the territory’s infrastructure destroyed or damaged, communications
