47,035 Palestinians killed in Israel’s war on Gaza
At least 47,035 Palestinians have been killed and 111,091 injured in Israel’s attack on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023. Gaza’s Health Ministry said in the past 24 hours 60 people were killed and another 62 bodies were recovered.
Earlier, Gaza’s emergency rescue agency said the search is now on through the vast debris of downed buildings for an estimated 10,000 buried bodies.
Remains of 97 bodies recovered in Rafah city: Medical sources
Earlier we reported that 47 bodies have been found in the city of Rafah, in southern Gaza, and transferred to the European Gaza Hospital.
Medical sources now tell Al Jazeera that the corpses of 97 Palestinians have now been recovered from various areas in the destroyed city since the ceasefire took effect on Sunday.
The Palestinian Civil Defence agency said the search for an estimated 10,000 bodies buried in rubble since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza continues on the second day of the truce.
‘War of extermination’: Returning residents dismayed by destruction
Displaced Gaza resident Mohamed Gomaa lost his brother and nephew in Israel’s 15-month war. He expressed dismay over the level of destruction.
“It was a big shock and the amount [of people] feeling shocked is countless because of what happened to their homes. It’s destruction, total destruction. It’s not like an earthquake or a flood, no no, what happened is a war of extermination,” said Gomaa.
More than 47,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed, mostly women and children, and over 111,000 others injured, according to local health authorities.
Rafah’s Tal as-Sultan lies in ruins after Israeli forces withdraw
Palestinian activists are now able to take some aerial footage of more neighbourhoods across the Gaza Strip that have been destroyed by the Israeli military.
The video below, verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency Sanad, shows how most buildings are razed in the Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood.
It is located northwest of Rafah city in the southern part of the enclave, and is the site of repeated Israeli ground assaults and air strikes. Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in an Israeli drone strike in Tal as-Sultan.
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Israeli drone wounds 3 in Rafah despite ceasefire: Report
Three injured people from an Israeli drone attack arrived at the European Hospital in southern Gaza, Wafa reports quoting an unnamed medical source.
The attack by a quadcopter occurred while Palestinians checked on their homes in Rafah city, it said. The incident came on the second day of the Hamas-Israel ceasefire, which has largely held so far.
Two civilians killed by Israeli sniper fire in Rafah
Two Palestinian civilians, one of them a teenage boy, were killed by Israeli snipers in southern Gaza’s Rafah, according to the Wafa news agency.
It cited medical sources as saying that they were killed in the central and southern areas of Rafah city despite the ceasefire. Eight Palestinians, including children, have also been reportedly injured so far today as a result of Israeli gunfire in Rafah.
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