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The toll of the war Israel has been waging on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023, has hit 67,869 fatalities and 170,105 injuries. Hospitals in the enclave received 63 bodies, of which 60 were recovered in the past 24 hours, along with 39 wounded, the Gaza Ministry of Health reported in a statement on Monday. The statement added that several victims are still languishing under rubble and in the streets, as medics and civil defense rescuers have hitherto been unable to reach them. A ceasefire deal between the Hamas movement and Israel came into force last Friday after it had been reached in Egypt's Sharm El Sheikh, following the Israeli occupation's approval of the agreement. Since then, the occupation army has embarked on pulling back from sites and populated areas in the Strip, with displaced people starting to pour into the north of the Strip, as part of the first phase of the initiative laid out by US President Donald Trump to end the war on Gaza.

The number of casualties from the ongoing Israeli military offensive on the Gaza Strip, which began on October 7, 2023, has surged to 67,074 fatalities and 169,430 injuries, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza. In a statement issued Saturday, the ministry confirmed that hospitals across the enclave received 66 bodies and 256 wounded individuals over the past 24 hours. An additional 720 fatalities were added to the cumulative death toll following verification and approval by the judicial committee overseeing missing persons and notification records. The ministry further noted that between March 18 and today, the death toll reached 13,486, with 57,384 injuries. It emphasized that many victims remain trapped under rubble or on roadways, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to ongoing hostilities. Regarding casualties among aid workers and civilians seeking sustenance, the ministry reported that six fatalities and 40 injuries were recorded in the past 24 hours. This brings the total number of aid-related deaths to 2,603 and injuries to 19,094. Tragically, two children died within the last 24 hours due to starvation and malnutrition, raising the total number of malnutrition-related deaths to 459, including 154 children. The Israeli military continues its systematic campaign against the Palestinian population in Gaza, amid worsening humanitarian conditions and widespread devastation.

The death toll from the relentless Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip, since Oct. 7, 2023, has risen to 64,871, with 164,610 reported wounded. A statement by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that hospitals in the enclave received 68 fatalities and 346 injuries during the latest 24-hour reporting period. Since the occupation breached the ceasefire deal on March 18, the toll has climbed to 12,321 fatalities and 52,569 injuries, the statement noted. The statement pointed out that in the past 24 hours, hospitals received 10 fatalities from those who were striving to find aid, along with eight injuries, bringing the total number of those who were trying to make a living to 2,494 deaths and 18,135 wounded. The Israeli occupation forces seem to have prosecuted a war of annihilation against Gaza and its people, giving no heed to calls from the international community to halt the killing machine and open crossings to deliver humanitarian aid, amid an unprecedented calamitous humanitarian situation.