Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 41,182

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Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 41,182

2024-09-15 11:33 Last Updated At：09-16 00:07

The ongoing Israeli offensives against the Gaza Strip have killed 41,182 Palestinians and injured another 95,200, according to data released by the Gaza-based health authorities on Saturday.

In the past 48 hours alone, the ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in 64 deaths and 155 injuries, the health authorities added.

In the early hours of Saturday, an Israeli warplane struck a residential house in the al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City, according to the Palestinian civil defense authorities.

The airstrike killed at least 11 Palestinians, including several women and children, the authorities said.

A statement issued by the Israeli military said that the airstrike targeted a Hamas commander.

The Israeli military also launched two bombings near schools sheltering displaced people - one in the northwestern part of Gaza City and another in southeastern Gaza City - resulting in 10 deaths.

However, the Israeli military has only acknowledged the latter strike, claiming that several Hamas militants were hiding in the school.

According to local sources and eyewitnesses, many people were killed in an Israeli shelling of a tent housing displaced people in the al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis City in the southern Gaza Strip.

The Israeli army has not yet commented on these incidents.

On Saturday, Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee issued an evacuation order via social media after two rockets were fired from Gaza towards the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon.

In his evacuation order, Adraee called on Palestinians in parts of Beit Lahia, a northern city near the Gaza-Israel border, to evacuate, saying that the designated area is "currently considered a dangerous combat zone."

Also on Saturday, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement condemning Israel's evacuation of Palestinians from the northern Gaza Strip as a dangerous act.

The ministry claimed that Israel's actions are a prelude to the annexation of Gaza's territory and establishment of Israeli settlements.

China's top political advisor urges uniting private sector toward Chinese modernization

2024-10-14 22:11 Last Updated At：23:27

China's top political advisor Wang Huning on Monday urged efforts to unite and guide people in the private sector to become pioneers of high-quality development and promoters of common prosperity, thus playing a prominent part in advancing Chinese modernization.

Wang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, made the remarks in Beijing at a seminar marking the 30th anniversary of the Guangcai Program, a public undertaking that aims to unite private entrepreneurs to promote common prosperity.

Hailing the contributions of the program in fronts such as poverty alleviation, rural revitalization and the private sector's development, Wang called for efforts to enhance the Party's overall leadership over the program, deepen the program's reform and innovation, and promote its self-improvement, so that it can yield more fruitful results.

The seminar was presided over by Shi Taifeng, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee.