People conduct rescue work at destroyed buildings after Israeli airstrikes in the Southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, Oct. 25, 2023. The death toll of Palestinians from Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip has risen to 6,546, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Wednesday. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
GAZA, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of Palestinians from Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip has risen to 6,546, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, 17,439 Palestinians were wounded in the coastal enclave, the ministry said in a statement.
The Israeli airstrikes were triggered by a large-scale Hamas attack on Israeli military targets and towns on Oct. 7, which has so far killed at least 1,400 people in Israel. ■
A Palestinian boy walks on a street after Israeli airstrikes in the Southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, Oct. 25, 2023. The death toll of Palestinians from Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip has risen to 6,546, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Wednesday. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
Palestinian boys stand in a damaged building after Israeli airstrikes in the Southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, Oct. 25, 2023. The death toll of Palestinians from Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip has risen to 6,546, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Wednesday. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
An excavator works on destroyed buildings after Israeli airstrikes in the Southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, Oct. 25, 2023. The death toll of Palestinians from Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip has risen to 6,546, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Wednesday. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
An excavator works on destroyed buildings after Israeli airstrikes in the Southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, Oct. 25, 2023. The death toll of Palestinians from Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip has risen to 6,546, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Wednesday. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
An excavator works on destroyed buildings after Israeli airstrikes in the Southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, Oct. 25, 2023. The death toll of Palestinians from Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip has risen to 6,546, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Wednesday. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
Palestinian boys are seen in a damaged building after Israeli airstrikes in the Southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, Oct. 25, 2023. The death toll of Palestinians from Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip has risen to 6,546, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Wednesday. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
Palestinians walk amid the rubble of destroyed buildings after Israeli airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, Oct. 25, 2023. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)
Palestinians walk amid the rubble of destroyed buildings after Israeli airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, Oct. 25, 2023. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)
A Palestinian boy walks amid the rubble of destroyed buildings after Israeli airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, Oct. 25, 2023. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)
An old man, injured in Israeli airstrikes, is seen in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, Oct. 25, 2023. (Photo by Khaled Omar/Xinhua)
