According to medical sources and eyewitnesses, the Israeli occupation forces have killed 22 Palestinians, including children, and injured others since dawn on Thursday, as a result of scattered airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.
According to sources, the occupation army's attacks across the Gaza Strip since dawn have included displaced persons' tents and homes.
The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip also announced that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli genocide since October 7, 2023, has risen to "61,258 martyrs and 152,045 injuries."
The ministry said, "100 martyrs and 603 injuries arrived at Gaza hospitals over the past 24 hours," adding, "The death toll from the Israeli aggression has risen to 61,258 martyrs and 152,045 injuries since October 7, 2023."
She explained that the death toll from Palestinian casualties since Israel resumed its genocide on March 18 has reached "9,752 martyrs and more than 40,000 injuries."
Regarding starving Palestinians, the ministry stated that the death toll among those awaiting aid has reached "1,706 martyrs and more than 12,030 injuries" since May 27. It noted that hospitals in the Gaza Strip have received approximately "51 martyrs and 230 injuries" among those awaiting aid in the past 24 hours.
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In a related development, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced on Thursday that the death toll from Israel's starvation policy since October 7, 2023, has risen to 197, including 96 children, after four deaths were reported in the space of 24 hours.
The Director General of the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, Munir al-Barsh, said in a statement that hospitals in the Strip recorded "four new deaths due to severe malnutrition" over the past 24 hours . He continued, "This brings the total number of victims of famine and malnutrition to 197 martyrs, including 96 children."
UN organizations and local institutions warn that the continued blockade and denial of aid threaten to lead to mass child deaths, amid deteriorating health and living conditions and the complete collapse of the medical system.
Despite the backlog of aid trucks at the entrances to the Gaza Strip, Israel continues to prevent their entry or control their distribution outside of UN supervision, and the quantities provided are extremely meager and "merely a drop in the ocean," according to UN and international reports.
Since March 2, Israel has evaded further implementation of a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement with Hamas, closing Gaza's crossings to aid trucks stacked along the border.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel, with American support, has been committing genocide in Gaza, including killing, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement, ignoring all international calls and orders from the International Court of Justice to halt it.
In addition to the martyrs and wounded, most of whom were children and women, the genocide left more than 9,000 missing, hundreds of thousands displaced, and a famine that claimed the lives of many.
