Renewed Israeli attacks on Gaza kills at least 730 people: health authorities

At least 730 people were killed and 1,367 others wounded in the Gaza Strip since the Israeli military resumed intense airstrikes across the enclave on March 18 ending a two-month truce, the Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Monday.

In the past 24 hours, Israeli attacks killed at least 65 people including two journalists, bringing the total death toll to 50,082 since the conflict broke out on October 7, 2023, the statement said. Among the killed people, 15,613 are children, it said.

Israeli forces continued their offensive on Friday, striking targets across the Gaza Strip, from Nuseirat in the central region to Rafah and Khan Younis in the south, and Jabalia in the north.

Meanwhile, Israeli military claimed to have killed 20 Palestinian militants, arrested about 30 individuals during operations in Rafah, and launched raid on a Hamas command center in the area, according to Israeli media.

Munir al-Bursh, head of Gaza-based health authorities said seven percent of the population in the Gaza Strip have been either killed or injured since October 7, 2023.

The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 20 pips to 7.0108 against the U.S. dollar Monday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System.

In China's spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by 2 percent from the central parity rate each trading day.

The central parity rate of the yuan against the U.S. dollar is based on a weighted average of prices offered by market makers before the opening of the interbank market each business day.