The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 51,157 since the outbreak of the conflict on October 7, 2023, the Gaza-based health authorities said on Saturday.
In a statement, the health authorities added that 116,724 others have been wounded in the ongoing Israeli assaults.
Over the past 48 hours, 92 Palestinians have been killed and 219 others injured in Israeli military operations in the enclave, the authorities said.
Since Israel ended a two-month ceasefire with Hamas and resumed deadly air and ground assaults on Gaza on March 18 of this year, 1,783 Palestinians have been killed and 4,683 others wounded, they added.
Israel launched several airstrikes across Gaza on Saturday, according to media reports.
In northern Gaza, Israeli forces struck a civilian area in the town of Beit Lahia, killing at least four people.
In central Gaza, two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp.
In southern Gaza, Israeli airstrikes hit tents sheltering displaced Palestinians, killing 10 people in the city of Khan Younis.
Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that one of its soldiers was killed and three others seriously injured in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, on Saturday.
The killed soldier was G'haleb Sliman Alnasasra, a 35-year-old tracker from the Bedouin city of Rahat in southern Israel, according to the statement.
He was the first Israeli soldier to be killed in Gaza since the resumption of Israeli military operations in Gaza on March 18.
Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 51,157
Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 51,157
Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 51,157
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on Monday that the situation in Iran is "under total control" following violence linked to protests that spiked over the weekend.
Addressing foreign diplomats in Tehran, the foreign minister noted that armed terrorist groups had infiltrated the protests, attempting to divert them from their legitimate course. He claimed that evidence has been gathered showing Iranian security forces being shot at, with the aim of causing further casualties. He accused the United States and Israel of exploiting the unrest to interfere in Iran's internal affairs.
Araghchi further stated that the government is closely monitoring developments on the streets, emphasizing that "the situation has come under control." He also affirmed that internet services, curtailed during the unrest, would be restored after coordination with security agencies.
The government has engaged in dialogue with merchants and protest representatives and initiated reforms to address grievances related to price hikes and currency depreciation. Iran has taken a series of actions and measures to respond to the demands of peaceful demonstrators, the foreign minister said.
Earlier on Sunday, Araghchi said that clear evidence links recent riots and vandalism of public facilities in Iran to the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. This came after former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo mentioned Mossad agents operating on Iran's streets in a social media post. The Iranian foreign minister asserted that police are being attacked by "terrorists" acting under the direction of Israeli operatives, whom Pompeo publicly acknowledged.
The protests initially erupted over a sharp depreciation of the rial and sweeping subsidy reforms. Iranian authorities have blamed the unrest on foreign-linked agents and U.S. sanctions.
Iranian foreign minister says situation "fully under control," accuses Israeli intelligence of stoking unrest
