Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 67,194

The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 67,194, with almost 170,000 others injured, since the conflict between Hamas and Israel erupted on October 7, 2023, Gaza's health authorities said in a statement on Thursday.

Israeli military operations in Gaza over the past 24 hours have killed 10 Palestinians and injured 49 others, the health authorities said.

Israel and Hamas announced on Thursday that they had agreed a Gaza ceasefire deal, offering a tentative path toward ending the two-year conflict that has left the enclave in ruins.

The deal on the "first phase" of a U.S.-backed peace plan, coming after intense negotiations in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh mediated by Egypt, Qatar, Türkiye and the United States, outlines a phased Israeli withdrawal, while establishing mechanisms for prisoner exchanges and humanitarian aid delivery.

Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 67,194

Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 67,194

Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 67,194

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.

China's aggregate social financing maintains high growth in 2025