Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 66,055

The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 66,055, with 168,376 injured since the conflict between Hamas and Israel erupted on October 7, 2023, Gaza's health authorities said in a statement on Monday.

Over the past 24 hours, Israeli attacks killed 50 people and injured 184 others in Gaza, the statement said.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Monday that it had attacked around 140 targets in Gaza in the past 24 hours, including infrastructure it said was being used by Palestinian armed groups.

Three divisions of its ground troops continued to push into Gaza City, the IDF said.

The Al-Qassam Brigades, an armed wing of Hamas, announced last Sunday that it had lost contact with two Israeli hostages in the past 48 hours due to intense Israeli military attacks in the region. The IDF has yet to respond to the report.

Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 66,055

Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 66,055

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced Wednesday it had launched the 89th wave of Operation True Promise 4, carrying out strikes against U.S. and Israeli targets in the region.

The IRGC said in a statement that Iran and various resistance fronts, through coordinated operations, used heavy missiles, attack drones, and rockets to strike U.S. military bases and Israeli targets.

The statement said the operation targeted Israeli military facilities and assembly points in Eilat, Tel Aviv, Bnei Brak, and other locations, and claimed that, according to local sources, it had caused significant Israeli casualties.

The IRGC also stated that it had hit a location in Bahrain housing 80 U.S. troops, and Iranian ballistic missiles struck a U.S. helicopter formation at a base in Kuwait, destroying one helicopter and damaging others.

Iran launches new round of attacks on US, Israeli targets