The death toll from the ongoing war waged by the Israeli occupation on the Gaza Strip, which began on Oct. 7, 2023, has risen to 61,776 martyrs, in addition to 154,906 wounded.
In a statement, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said that ambulance crews, civil defense personnel, and citizens had transported 54 martyrs to hospitals in the Strip over the past 24 hours, including four whose bodies were recovered from under the rubble, in addition to 831 injured. The statement noted that the death toll from the aggression, after the occupation violated the ceasefire agreement on March 18, had risen to 10,251 martyrs and 42,865 injured.
The ministry also indicated that the death toll of aid victims who arrived at hospitals in the past 24 hours reached 22 martyrs, in addition to 269 injured, bringing the total number of martyrs who were killed in the struggle for a living to 1,881 martyrs, in addition to 13,863 injured. Meanwhile, hospitals in the Gaza Strip recorded four deaths due to famine and malnutrition in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of famine victims to 239, including 106 children.
The ministry emphasized that large numbers of war victims remain under the rubble of destroyed buildings, and that civil defense and ambulance crews have been unable to retrieve them due to Israeli targeting and a lack of necessary equipment.
The Israeli occupation continues its war of extermination against the people of Gaza, forcing them into forced displacement, ignoring international calls to halt its massacres and open the Strip's crossings to allow the entry of humanitarian aid.
