Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 65,926

The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 65,926, with 167,784 injured since the conflict between Hamas and Israel erupted on October 7, 2023, Gaza's health authorities said in a statement on Saturday.

Over the past 24 hours, Israeli attacks killed 77 people and injured 265 others in Gaza, the statement said.

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Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 65,926

Among the casualties, 17 people were killed, and 89 wounded while seeking food at aid distribution sites, the statement added.

More than 750,000 Palestinians have so far evacuated Gaza City to the Strip's south, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on the same day, as the military steps up its offensive there.

The number of people leaving the city has increased in the past week, it said, urging civilians to move to an Israeli-designated "humanitarian safe zone" in southern Gaza.

Before the IDF launched the major offensive, Gaza City was home to an estimated one million Palestinian residents.

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.