Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 41,206: health authorities

The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip had risen to 41,206, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Sunday.

During the past 24 hours, the Israeli military killed 24 Palestinians and wounded 137 others, bringing the total death toll to 41,206 and the injured to 95,337 since the outbreak of the latest round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in last October, the health authorities said.

Meanwhile, Gaza-based media office said in a statement that the number of displaced people in the enclave has risen from 1.9 million to two million.

For now, a total of 543 shelters have been set up. However, about 74 percent of tents where displaced people live are already unusable. To be more specific, 100,000 out of 135,000 tents need to be replaced immediately.

The media office called for the international community to provide emergency assistance to the displaced people in the Gaza Strip.

On the same day, Israeli military said that its army launched an airstrike to a school in Beit Hanoun.

This is Israeli army's third attack targeting schools in Gaza within five days, according to Al Jazeera.

Palestinian official news agency WAFA reported that the school was used to shelter a large number of displaced residents. However, Israeli military claimed that there was a Hamas command center in the school, so they launched the attack.

For now, the casualties caused by the airstrike are still being tallied.

According to the Palestinian media, the Israeli military launched multiple attacks on Gaza City and Nuseirat refugee camp on Sunday, killing at least eight Palestinians.

The Gaza-based civil defense department also said on the same day that Israel attacked a residential building in Jabalia, causing many casualties.

Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 41,206: health authorities

Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 41,206: health authorities

Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 41,206: health authorities

Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 41,206: health authorities

Students in Shangtou City, south China's Guangdong Province, and in the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) have celebrated the 26th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland by writing Chinese characters in traditional calligraphy.

The young students at Haojiang Experimental School Affiliated to South China Normal University wrote the Chinese character "Gui," meaning "return," in various styles of script, including the dignified regular script and the smooth-running script.

"The city flower of Macao is the lotus, and that of Shantou is the impatiens cyathiflora. Today, the two flowers bloom in harmony. Our blessings for the motherland are the most beautiful blossoms," said Zeng Boxuan, a student from the school.

Macao, a vibrant and diverse city, returned to the motherland on Dec 20, 1999, and Saturday marks the 26th anniversary of this historic milestone.

At Puiva Middle School in Macao, members of the calligraphy club celebrated the SAR's anniversary and the country's prosperity and strength by practicing the millennium-old art of calligraphy under their teacher's guidance.

Students from overseas Chinese language schools also used this form of visual arts, which carries the enduring cultural heritage spanning ancient and modern times, in spiritual association with the motherland.

GBA students celebrate 26th anniversary of Macao’s return to motherland with traditional calligraphy art