Gaza: The Gaza-based Health Ministry said in a statement that the number of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip since October 7 has risen to 20,258, while 53,688 others have been injured.
The ministry said on Saturday that at least 201 Palestinians were killed and 368 injured in Israeli strikes in the past 24 hours, Xinhua news agency reported.
At least 18 people were killed and several others injured following an Israeli airstrike on the al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza on Saturday, medical and security sources told the news agency.
Meanwhile, dozens of people were killed and injured in another Israeli airstrike targeting the Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza, sources said.
Israel is carrying out a large-scale offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip in response to an assault by Hamas through the southern Israeli border on October 7, during which approximately 1,200 people were killed and more than 200 were taken hostage. .
