Gaza City, October 3 (RHC)-- Gaza authorities say Israel’s yearlong war has wiped 902 entire families off the civil registry.  There are another 1,364 families where only one family member has survived. The official death toll in Gaza has reached nearly 41,800, but that is believed to be a vast undercount.

Israeli ground and air attacks have killed nearly 100 people over the past day in Gaza, including at least 51 in Khan Younis.  The dead in Khan Younis included seven women and 12 children. 

Residents described the Israeli attack.  Mohamed told reporters: “We were at home when we heard explosions and planes.  We could not leave our homes.  We wanted to go out to a safe place like the city by the sea or Mawasi, but we could not get there because of the planes.  Whoever left their home was killed because of the quadcopters.  There was heavy fire all night.  It started from 7 p.m. until 3:30 a.m. nonstop.”