China's 62-day summer travel season has concluded, with more than 10.9 billion passenger trips made during the period, the country's transport ministry said on Sunday.
A total of 10.917 billion passenger trips were made via railways, highways, waterways, and civil aviation during the period which ended on Saturday, with the average daily passenger trips reaching 176 million, up by 3.8 percent compared with the same period last year.
The country's railways handled a record of 887 million passenger trips between July 1 and Aug 31, up 6.7 percent year on year. During the period, the daily average number of railway passenger trips was 14.31 million.
China's road transport network handled over 9.8 billion passenger trips during the period, up 3.77 percent year on year.
The waterway sector accommodated 63.84 million passenger trips during the period, an increase of 2.04 percent compared with the same period last year.
A total of 141.89 million passenger trips were made via the country's civil aviation during the period, with the daily average number of nearly 2.29 million, surging 12.21 percent year on year.
China's summer rush ends with 10.9 bln passenger trips made
China's summer rush ends with 10.9 bln passenger trips made
The ongoing Israeli offensives against the Gaza Strip have killed 41,182 Palestinians and injured another 95,200, according to data released by the Gaza-based health authorities on Saturday.
In the past 48 hours alone, the ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in 64 deaths and 155 injuries, the health authorities added.
In the early hours of Saturday, an Israeli warplane struck a residential house in the al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City, according to the Palestinian civil defense authorities.
The airstrike killed at least 11 Palestinians, including several women and children, the authorities said.
A statement issued by the Israeli military said that the airstrike targeted a Hamas commander.
The Israeli military also launched two bombings near schools sheltering displaced people - one in the northwestern part of Gaza City and another in southeastern Gaza City - resulting in 10 deaths.
However, the Israeli military has only acknowledged the latter strike, claiming that several Hamas militants were hiding in the school.
According to local sources and eyewitnesses, many people were killed in an Israeli shelling of a tent housing displaced people in the al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis City in the southern Gaza Strip.
The Israeli army has not yet commented on these incidents.
On Saturday, Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee issued an evacuation order via social media after two rockets were fired from Gaza towards the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon.
In his evacuation order, Adraee called on Palestinians in parts of Beit Lahia, a northern city near the Gaza-Israel border, to evacuate, saying that the designated area is "currently considered a dangerous combat zone."
Also on Saturday, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement condemning Israel's evacuation of Palestinians from the northern Gaza Strip as a dangerous act.
The ministry claimed that Israel's actions are a prelude to the annexation of Gaza's territory and establishment of Israeli settlements.
Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 41,182
