Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 65,502

The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 65,502, with 167,376 injured since the conflict between Hamas and Israel erupted on October 7, 2023, Gaza's health authorities said in a statement on Thursday.

Over the past 24 hours, Israeli attacks killed 83 people and injured 216 others in Gaza, the statement said.

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Among the casualties, seven people were killed and 50 injured while seeking food at aid distribution sites, the statement added.

Since the U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) began distributing aid supplies on May 27, 2,538 people seeking aid have been killed and 18,581 injured in Gaza, according to the authorities.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Thursday that its troops had dismantled a Hamas stronghold in Gaza City, where they found large quantities of weapons including firearms and explosive devices.

IDF spokesman Effie Defrin said on Thursday that the Israeli military had killed another member of Hamas who he claimed participated in the Oct 7 attacks against Israel.

Hamas has not yet responded to the Israeli statements.

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.