Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 66,288

The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 66,288, with 169,165 others injured since the conflict between Hamas and Israel erupted on October 7, 2023, Gaza's health authorities said in a statement on Friday.

Israeli military operations in Gaza over the past 24 hours have killed 63 Palestinians and injured 227 others, the health authorities said in the statement.

Since Israel resumed full-scale military operations in Gaza on March 18 this year, following a brief ceasefire, 13,420 Palestinians have been killed and 57,124 injured, the authorities said.

A delegation of foreign diplomatic envoys visited south China's Hainan from Wednesday to Saturday, learning about the province's rapid development and exploring potential areas of cooperation.

The trip, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, brought together over 30 ambassadors, chargés d'affaires, representatives of international organizations, and senior diplomats from countries including Kenya, Serbia, Spain and Vietnam.

In Sanya's Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City, the delegates gained insights into China's independent innovation in the seed industry and the country's agricultural technological transformation in response to climate change.

"We can invite a lot of the persons from this institute to come to Dominica to teach us some of the advanced technologies and the practices that we should employ in agriculture," said Martin Charles, Dominica's Ambassador to China.

The delegates also toured the innovative drug and medical device exhibition, as well as health and wellness institutions in the Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone.

Hailed as China's sole "medical special zone", the pilot zone is home to over 30 top-tier domestic and international medical institutions.

"The medical advances are the ones that have struck me most for the moment. There are so many fields where we can cooperate," said Javier Garcia-Larrache, Spain's charge d'affaires ad interim in China.

The delegates also visited villages to experience folk culture, including Li brocade from the Li ethnic group, traditional Chinese medicine sachets, and bamboo pole dances, immersing themselves in the province's rich and vibrant local cultures.