The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 62,744, with 158,259 others injured since the conflict between Hamas and Israel erupted on Oct 7, 2023, Gaza's health authorities said in a statement on Monday.
Over the past 24 hours alone, Israeli offensives in the enclave have killed 58 people and wounded 308 others, the statement noted.
Since Israel resumed military operations in Gaza on March 18 this year following a brief ceasefire, 10,900 people have been killed and another 46,218 injured, according to the statement.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched extensive bombing raids across the Gaza Strip early on Monday.
The airstrikes destroyed a residential building in the northwestern part of Gaza City, killing two people and injuring a number of others, according to a medical worker at Al-Shifa Hospital.
A tent housing displaced Palestinians was also hit in Israeli attacks on the southern city of Khan Younis, killing one and injuring seven.
In central Gaza's Deir al-Balah, an aid delivery team was targeted in an Israeli strike, killing three, according to the health authorities.
Medical institutes were also targeted by Israeli forces, including an attack on the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, where at least 14 people were killed, including three journalists.
Over 200 journalists have lost their lives in Israeli attacks on Gaza since Oct 2023.
According to records provided by local hospitals, 11 people died from hunger and malnutrition over the past 24 hours, including two children.
Medical institutes said the total death toll from famine and malnutrition in Gaza had reached 300, including 117 children.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) warned that malnutrition rates among children under five in the Gaza Strip doubled between March and June this year due to ongoing Israeli blockade.
Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 62,744
