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The death toll from the ongoing Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip, which began on October 7, 2023, has risen to 66,055, with 168,346 others injured, the Gaza Ministry of Health has announced. The Ministry reported in a statement on Monday that 50 Palestinians were killed, and 184 others injured in the past 24 hours alone. Among them were five fatalities and 48 injuries involving individuals who had been waiting for humanitarian aid. This brings the total number of casualties among those seeking food aid to 2,571 killed and 18,817 injured. Between March 18, 2025, and today, the Ministry recorded 13,187 deaths and 56,305 injuries, highlighting the escalation in recent months. Health authorities emphasized that the current figures remain incomplete, as thousands of victims are still trapped under the rubble. Rescue efforts have been severely hindered by a lack of equipment and the continued targeting of emergency response teams by Israeli forces. The Ministry warned of an increasingly dire humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, with famine-like conditions taking hold and relief efforts unable to meet the scale of the crisis.

British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper strongly condemned the attack launched by the Israeli occupation forces on Gaza City on Tuesday morning, describing the operation as "utterly reckless and appalling."The new IDF assault on Gaza is utterly reckless and appalling. It will only bring more bloodshed, kill more innocent civilians and endanger the remaining hostages," she wrote on the social media platform X.Cooper added, "We need an immediate ceasefire, all hostages released, unrestricted humanitarian aid and a path to lasting peace."The British Foreign Secretary stressed that the international community must assume its responsibility in pressuring the Israeli occupation to stop its attacks, warning that the continued military escalation exacerbates the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and threatens the stability of the entire region.Cooper affirmed that London will continue to cooperate with its international partners to ensure respect for international humanitarian law, and called on all parties to exercise restraint and avoid any steps that could exacerbate the humanitarian suffering.For days, Israeli occupation forces have been launching violent raids on Gaza City. The occupation forces expanded the pace of destruction by bombing and detonating buildings, in an attempt to force Palestinians to flee south.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday that its workers will remain in Gaza City despite calls from Israel's military for people to flee an assault it is mounting there. "To civilians in Gaza: WHO and partners remain in Gaza City," WHO said on its X account. WHO is appalled by the latest evacuation order, demanding that one million people move from Gaza City to a so-called "humanitarian zone" in the south designated by Israel. "The zone has neither the size nor scale of services to support those already there, let alone new arrivals," the UN agency said. "Crippled health system cannot afford to lose any of these remaining facilities," it added.