Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 51,157

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Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 51,157

2025-04-20 03:02 Last Updated At：15:37

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.

Xi's special envoy visits Laos

Liu Haixing, special envoy of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Xi Jinping, visited Laos on Tuesday to congratulate the successful convening of the 12th National Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and Thongloun Sisoulith on his election as general secretary of the 12th LPRP Central Committee.

Liu, head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, delivered a congratulatory letter from Xi to Thongloun and conveyed a message.

The message stated that China stands ready to work with Laos to advance the continuous development of a China-Laos community with a shared future, guided by the important consensus reached by the top leaders of the two parties and two countries.

Thongloun expressed his sincere appreciation and extended warm greetings to Xi.

He noted that the new central leadership of the LPRP attaches great importance to developing relations with China and is willing to work closely with China to continuously elevate bilateral relations between the two parties and two countries to a higher level.