People are seen among the rubble in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on March 18, 2024. The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip due to the ongoing Israeli attacks has risen to 31,726, with 73,792 others wounded, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said in a press statement on Monday. (Xinhua)
GAZA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip due to the ongoing Israeli attacks has risen to 31,726, with 73,792 others wounded, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said in a press statement on Monday.
The Israeli army killed 81 Palestinians and wounded 116 others during the past 24 hours, according to the ministry.
The statement noted that some victims remained under the rubble amid heavy Israeli bombardment and a lack of civil defense and ambulance crews.
Israel launched a large-scale offensive against the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (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 walk among the rubble in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on March 18, 2024. The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip due to the ongoing Israeli attacks has risen to 31,726, with 73,792 others wounded, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said in a press statement on Monday. (Xinhua)
People are seen among the rubble in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on March 18, 2024. The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip due to the ongoing Israeli attacks has risen to 31,726, with 73,792 others wounded, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said in a press statement on Monday. (Xinhua)
People are framed by the structure of a destroyed building in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on March 18, 2024. The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip due to the ongoing Israeli attacks has risen to 31,726, with 73,792 others wounded, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said in a press statement on Monday. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)
People walk on a street with destroyed buildings in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on March 18, 2024. The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip due to the ongoing Israeli attacks has risen to 31,726, with 73,792 others wounded, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said in a press statement on Monday. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)
People walk past the rubble in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on March 18, 2024. The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip due to the ongoing Israeli attacks has risen to 31,726, with 73,792 others wounded, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said in a press statement on Monday. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)
A man walks past destroyed buildings in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on March 18, 2024. The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip due to the ongoing Israeli attacks has risen to 31,726, with 73,792 others wounded, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said in a press statement on Monday. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)
People walk on a street with destroyed buildings in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on March 18, 2024. The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip due to the ongoing Israeli attacks has risen to 31,726, with 73,792 others wounded, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said in a press statement on Monday. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)
