Palestinian death toll in Gaza surpasses 38,000: health authorities-Xinhua

Palestinian death toll in Gaza surpasses 38,000: health authorities

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Editor: huaxia

2024-07-05 03:19:15

Injured people are seen after an Israeli airstrike on a residential house in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on July 3, 2024. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

GAZA, July 4 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian death toll in Gaza from ongoing Israeli attacks has surpassed 38,000, the Hamas-run health authorities said on Thursday.

During the past 24 hours, the Israeli army killed 58 and wounded 179 others, bringing the total death toll to 38,011 and injuries to 87,445 since the Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke out in early October 2023, the authorities said in a statement.

Palestinians check residential buildings destroyed by Israeli warplanes in Gaza City, July 4, 2024. (Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua)

The statement indicated that a number of victims are still under rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and civil defense crews are unable to reach them.

In a separate press statement on Thursday, the health authorities warned that the electricity generators at the only remaining main hospital that provides service for patients in Khan Younis and Rafah will stop in the coming hours due to a lack of fuel.

Palestinian people flee from the eastern areas of Khan Younis in southern Gaza Strip, on July 2, 2024. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

It added that operations had already ceased in certain departments at the Nasser Medical Complex due to a lack of fuel for the generators, calling on urgent interventions from international institutions to provide the required fuel.

Israel launched a large-scale offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip to retaliate against a Hamas rampage through the southern Israeli border on Oct. 7, 2023, during which about 1,200 people were killed and around 250 others were taken hostage. 

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