The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip has risen to 35,800 and injuries to over 80,000, the Palestinian health authorities said in a statement released on Thursday.
In the past 24 hours, the Israeli military operation in Gaza caused 91 deaths, according to the statement.
Since the night of Wednesday, the Israeli military has carried out air strikes on multiple regions in central and northern Gaza. On Thursday, the military said that it had not yet launched massive invasion of Gaza's southern city of Rafah neighboring Egypt, but is strengthening its fights and will send more troops to the city.
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Spokesman Daniel Hagari said Thursday that so far Israeli forces had killed dozens of armed fighters in Rafah, discovered dozens of underground tunnels and destroyed military facilities including rocket launching sites.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on the same day that as the country's military steps up its attacks against Rafah, its ground and air forces will be increased while conditions for the return of the Israeli hostages will be created.
In a statement released Thursday, the IDF said that as part of its military operation in northern Gaza's Jabalia region, the joint operation of its air and ground forces killed a commander of the Beit Hanoun Battalion of Hamas, who the IDF said had planned a large number of attacks inside Israel.
Palestinian official news agency WAFA said that from the night of Wednesday to the early morning of Thursday, Israeli air strikes on the strip's northern Gaza City and its central Nuseirat refugee camp led to at least 24 deaths.
Gaza's local health authorities said that an aid warehouse in central Gaza's Deir al-Balah was also targeted in Thursday's air strikes, which resulted in 12 deaths and dozens of injuries, with many of the injured being transferred to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.
The Gazan health authorities said Thursday night that the fuel stock for the alternators of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital was running out, and that the hospital will be out of operation a few hours later, putting those injured and critically ill in life-threatening condition. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital was the only operational hospital in central Gaza, added the authorities.
In the early morning of Thursday, Israeli forces withdrew from the West Bank's city of Jenin, ending its operation in the city and its refugee camp.
The three-day operation from Tuesday to Thursday resulted in 21 Palestinian deaths, dozens of injuries, and another dozens more who were captured. The deaths included one doctor, one teacher and four children and many of the injured are in critical condition.
Palestinian health authorities said that since last year's October 7, Israeli military operations in the West Bank had caused over 500 Palestinian deaths.
Palestinian death toll in Gaza exceeds 35,800: health authorities
Palestinian death toll in Gaza exceeds 35,800: health authorities
Palestinian death toll in Gaza exceeds 35,800: health authorities
