The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 53,762, with 122,197 others injured since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas conflict in early October 2023, according to a statement released Thursday by Gaza-based health authorities.
The statement said that since Israel resumed intensive airstrikes on March 18, following the collapse of a two-month ceasefire, at least 3,613 Palestinians have been killed and 10,156 injured.
In the past 24 hours alone, 107 Palestinians were killed and 247 others injured in Israeli military operations, according to Gaza's civil defense and health authorities.
Since the outbreak of the latest large-scale conflicts between Israel and Palestinians, Israeli military actions have caused the death of 16,503 Palestinian children and adolescents, Gaza-based health authorities said.
The health authorities also reported that since the conflicts, 343 newborns have tragically passed away shortly after birth.
Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 53,762
