CAIRO: At least 54 Palestinians, including 22 aid seekers, have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, the enclave’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday. The ministry added that 831 others were injured during the same period.
Officials said four more bodies were recovered from the rubble of previous Israeli strikes. At least four people also died from starvation in the past day, raising the total number of hunger-related deaths to 239, including 106 children.
According to the ministry, Israel’s war on Gaza has killed 61,776 Palestinians and wounded 154,906 since it began on October 7, 2023.
The number of aid seekers killed since May 27, when Israel introduced a new aid distribution mechanism through the US-based Global Hunger Foundation (GHF), has reached 1,881, with more than 13,863 others injured.
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