Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 64,871

The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 64,871, with 164,610 injured since the conflict between Hamas and Israel erupted on October 7, 2023, Gaza's health authorities said in a statement on Sunday.

Over the past 24 hours, Israeli attacks in Gaza have killed 68 people and injured 346, according to health authorities.

Of those, 10 were killed and eight wounded while seeking food at aid distribution sites, the authorities added.

Since the U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) began distributing aid on May 27, 2,494 people seeking aid have been killed and 18,135 injured, according to the statement.

The health authorities also reported two more deaths from famine and malnutrition in the past 24 hours.

The Israeli military has continued striking high-rise buildings in Gaza City over the past few days.

On Sunday alone, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck three high-rise buildings in the city, claiming they were used by Hamas. It said that residents of the three buildings and surrounding areas had been warned to leave before launching strikes.

China's outstanding aggregate social financing -- the total amount of financing to the real economy -- reached 442.12 trillion yuan (about 63.4 trillion U.S. dollars) as of the end of 2025, up 8.3 percent year on year, central bank data showed on Thursday.

The country's aggregate social financing stood at 35.6 trillion yuan (about 5.1 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2025, up by 3.34 trillion yuan (about 479 billion U.S. dollars) from the year 2024, said the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank.

According to the data, the M2, a broad measure of money supply that covers cash in circulation and all deposits, increased 8.5 percent year on year to 340.29 trillion yuan (about 48.8 trillion U.S. dollars) as of the end of December.

In addition, outstanding yuan loans stood at 271.91 trillion yuan (about 39 trillion U.S. dollars) at the end of 2025, up 6.4 percent year on year.