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Gaza’s death toll rises
The Health Ministry in Gaza has just released its latest report on the number of people killed and wounded by Israel’s war on the territory.
In a statement, it said a total of 19 killed – seven newly killed, 12 bodies recovered – were recorded and 26 wounded people arrived in hospitals during the past 48 hours.
This brought the confirmed number of people killed in Israeli attacks since October 7 to at least 48,543, with 111,981 others wounded, the ministry added.
Many victims remain under the rubble, while the Government Media Office in Gaza has put the death toll at more than 61,000, saying thousands of people missing under the rubble are now presumed dead.
Three Palestinians, including child, killed by Israel in north and central Gaza
Three Palestinians, including a child, were killed by Israeli gunfire and drone strikes this evening in the town of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip and in the village of Juhor ad-Dik in central Gaza.
The child, Yamen al-Hamlawi, succumbed to a gunshot wound to the head while a woman was wounded by a bullet to the back in Beit Lahiya, Wafa reported.
Two other civilians were killed and several others injured in an Israeli drone strike targeting a group of people in Juhor ad-Dik.
Elsewhere, in Rafah, a man was wounded by Israeli gunfire while near the Hamza Mosque in the Khirbet al-Adas area, north of the city.
Additionally, eight people were wounded when a bomb dropped by an Israeli drone exploded in a tent in the Shakoush area, northwest of Rafah.
As we reported earlier, nine Palestinians, including three journalists, were killed in an Israeli air strike targeting a group of civilians in Beit Lahiya.
Israel kills 150 Palestinians since start of truce: Gaza media office
A statement by the Government Media Office says 40 people have been killed in the past two weeks.
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect on January 19.
PIJ slams Israeli attack on Beit Lahiya as ‘war crime’
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) has called the attack that killed nine people “a heinous massacre”, adding that journalists and relief workers were among the dead.
“This is a flagrant war crime that reflects the extent of [Israel’s] criminality and disregard for all human values,” it said in a statement issued on Telegram.
It added: “This brutal crime comes within the context of a systematic escalation that reveals the occupation’s true intentions to continue its aggression and renounce all agreements reached.”
