People inspect destroyed buildings after Israeli airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on March 12, 2024.
The Palestinian death toll due to the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has climbed to 31,184, reported the Gaza-based Palestinian Health Ministry on Tuesday. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)
GAZA, March 12 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian death toll due to the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has climbed to 31,184, reported the Gaza-based Palestinian Health Ministry on Tuesday.
Within the past 24 hours, the Israeli army killed 72 Palestinians and injured 129 others, pushing the total death toll to 31,184 and injuries to 72,889 since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict on Oct. 7, 2023, the ministry said in a statement.
Medical sources and eyewitnesses reported that nine were killed and some others wounded after Israeli troops opened fire at a gathering of Palestinians waiting for aid at the Kuwaiti roundabout in southern Gaza City.
There was no comment from the Israeli army on the incident.
Israel has been launching a large-scale offensive against Hamas in Gaza to retaliate against a Hamas rampage through the southern Israeli border on Oct. 7, 2023, during which about 1,200 people were killed and more than 200 were taken hostage. ■
People inspect destroyed buildings after Israeli airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on March 12, 2024.
The Palestinian death toll due to the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has climbed to 31,184, reported the Gaza-based Palestinian Health Ministry on Tuesday. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)
People inspect destroyed buildings after Israeli airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on March 12, 2024.
The Palestinian death toll due to the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has climbed to 31,184, reported the Gaza-based Palestinian Health Ministry on Tuesday. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)
People inspect destroyed buildings after Israeli airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on March 12, 2024.
The Palestinian death toll due to the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has climbed to 31,184, reported the Gaza-based Palestinian Health Ministry on Tuesday. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)
People walk past a destroyed building in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on March 12, 2024. The Palestinian death toll due to the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has climbed to 31,184, reported the Gaza-based Palestinian Health Ministry on Tuesday. (Photo by Khaled Omar/Xinhua)
People are seen at a destroyed building in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on March 12, 2024. The Palestinian death toll due to the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has climbed to 31,184, reported the Gaza-based Palestinian Health Ministry on Tuesday. (Photo by Khaled Omar/Xinhua)
People gather at a destroyed building in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on March 12, 2024. The Palestinian death toll due to the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has climbed to 31,184, reported the Gaza-based Palestinian Health Ministry on Tuesday. (Photo by Khaled Omar/Xinhua)
People gather at a destroyed building in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on March 12, 2024. The Palestinian death toll due to the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has climbed to 31,184, reported the Gaza-based Palestinian Health Ministry on Tuesday. (Photo by Khaled Omar/Xinhua)
A boy sits on the rubble in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on March 12, 2024. The Palestinian death toll due to the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has climbed to 31,184, reported the Gaza-based Palestinian Health Ministry on Tuesday. (Photo by Khaled Omar/Xinhua)
