Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 58,895

The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 58,895, with 140,980 injured since the conflict between Hamas and Israel erupted in 2023, Gaza's health authorities said in a statement on Sunday.

In the past 24 hours alone, Israeli military operations in the enclave have claimed 130 lives and injured another 495, according to the statement.

The health authorities said from Sunday early morning to night, 132 Palestinians in Gaza were killed by Israeli forces, including 94 who were attacked at multiple aid distribution sites or in the surrounding areas.

In particular, the death toll from Israeli shooting on crowd at an aid distribution site in the northwestern part of Gaza City on Sunday has reached 81, the health authorities added.

They also said since May 27, when the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation backed by the United States and Israel started to take charge of aid distribution, 995 Gazans were killed by Israeli soldiers while trying to receive aid. Besides, 6,011 were injured and 45 were missing, the health authorities added.

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.