Smoke rises after an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Feb. 1, 2024. The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks in Gaza has reached 27,019, with 66,139 others wounded, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said Thursday in a statement. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
GAZA, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has exceeded 27,000, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said Thursday.
The ministry said in a press statement that the Israeli army killed 118 Palestinians and wounded 190 others in the strip during the past 24 hours.
This brings the total number of deaths to 27,019 and injuries to 66,139 in the Palestinian enclave since the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out on Oct. 7, 2023, it noted.
The ministry indicated that there are still thousands of victims under the rubble and on the roads, as the Israeli forces prevent ambulances and civil defense crews from reaching them.
Meanwhile, Israeli artillery shelling has continued on the neighborhood near the Al-Amal Hospital and the vicinity of the Palestine Red Crescent Society in southern Gaza's Khan Younis for the 11th day in a row, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA. ■
People inspect a destroyed car in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Feb. 1, 2024. The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks in Gaza has reached 27,019, with 66,139 others wounded, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said Thursday in a statement. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
People walk past a damaged building in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Feb. 1, 2024. The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks in Gaza has reached 27,019, with 66,139 others wounded, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said Thursday in a statement. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
People inspect a destroyed car in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Feb. 1, 2024. The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks in Gaza has reached 27,019, with 66,139 others wounded, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said Thursday in a statement. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
People walk past a damaged building in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Feb. 1, 2024. The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks in Gaza has reached 27,019, with 66,139 others wounded, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said Thursday in a statement. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
People walk past a damaged building in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Feb. 1, 2024. The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks in Gaza has reached 27,019, with 66,139 others wounded, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said Thursday in a statement. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
People walk past a damaged building and destroyed vehicles in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Feb. 1, 2024. The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks in Gaza has reached 27,019, with 66,139 others wounded, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said Thursday in a statement. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
A man walks past damaged buildings in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Feb. 1, 2024. The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks in Gaza has reached 27,019, with 66,139 others wounded, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said Thursday in a statement. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
