GAZA: The death toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 73,221, with 173,643 people injured since Oct. 7, 2023, medical sources in the enclave said on Saturday.
According to the sources, hospitals across Gaza received seven bodies over the past 24 hours, including one recovered from beneath the rubble, as well as 28 injured people.
The sources added that since the ceasefire started on Oct. 11 last year, the death toll has reached 1,098, while 3,535 people have been injured.
BACKGROUND
Israel has been conducting military strikes on the Gaza Strip, where a population of more than 2 million faces hunger, disease and displacement.
They also said that 800 bodies have been recovered during the same period.
Medical sources said that a number of victims remain trapped beneath the rubble and in the streets, with ambulance and civil defense crews unable to reach them.
Israel has been conducting military strikes on the territory, where a population of more than 2 million faces hunger, disease and displacement. It has said it will expand its area of control in Gaza to 70 percent of the enclave.
Nikolay Mladenov, US President Donald Trump's appointed Board of Peace envoy to Gaza, has said both sides have violated the October agreement.
The Board of Peace is planning a pilot humanitarian zone for Gazans as a way to kickstart the stalled peace plan, regardless of whether a deal is reached with Hamas on the peace plan's second phase, a board official said.
