Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 31,819: ministry
People's Daily Online
(Xinhua) 09:25, March 20, 2024
GAZA, March 19 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 31,819, with 73,934 others wounded, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
During the past 24 hours, the Israeli army killed 93 Palestinians and wounded 142 others, the ministry said in a press statement.
It noted that some victims remained under the rubble amid heavy bombardment and a lack of civil defense and ambulance crews.
Meanwhile, Palestinian medical sources told Xinhua that at least 14 Palestinians were killed in Israeli air strikes in Rafah in southern Gaza, and six more were killed in Israeli air raids on the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in the center of the strip.
Israel launched a large-scale offensive against the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in Gaza to retaliate against a Hamas rampage through the southern Israeli border on Oct. 7, 2023, during which about 1,200 people were killed and more than 200 were taken hostage.
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