The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 41,084, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement released on Wednesday.
During the past 24 hours, the Israeli military killed 64 people, bringing the total death toll to 41,084 and injuries to more than 95,000 since the latest round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke out last October, it added.
On Wednesday, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) reported that six U.N. staff members were killed in an Israeli air-strike on a school in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
This is the highest number of U.N. staff deaths in a single attack since the current conflict began.
According to Al Jazeera's report on Wednesday, at least six schools sheltering displaced people in Gaza have been attacked by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) since August, resulting in more than 170 deaths.
On the same day, the IDF continued their attacks on various areas in Gaza and the West Bank, releasing a video of military operations in the West Bank targeting a school housing displaced people.
Hamas' media office claimed that at least 18 people were killed and many others were injured in the attack.
The IDF stated their target was a Hamas command center inside the school.
The IDF also released videos of their operations in the West Bank areas of Tubas and Tulkarm.
Palestinian official news agency WAFA reported that the IDF attacked Tubas on Wednesday, with its planes flying intensively over the area. The IDF also surrounded a local hospital and blocked the roads leading to it.
It cited the Palestine Red Crescent Society as saying that the air-strikes on Tubas killed five people.
Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 41,084: health authorities
Bakers in San Francisco's Chinatown have been adding some new twists to traditional Chinese mooncakes to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on Sept 17 this year.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated on the night when the moon reaches its fullest and brightest on the 15th day of the eighth month on the lunar calendar. Sharing mooncakes, a classic Chinese baked pastry that symbolizes family reunions during the harvest season, with loved ones is an important part of the festival celebrations.
The iCake Bakery in the heart of the city's Chinatown is especially busy at this time of year. This year, the bakery owner Hannah Zhang invited Judy Lee, the vice president of the San Francisco Chinese Chamber of Commerce, to make mooncakes.
"So we have here a black sesame filling. It's one of the most unique flavors we have at iCafe. And now we're going to put in an egg yolk," said Lee, translating for Zhang.
Just around the corner at the AA Cafe, owner Henry Chen has also been experimenting with some new twists on the classic treat.
"We have a lot of different [flavors], like the date, melon, pineapple, strawberry, mango and seasoned nuts," said Chen.
Visitors to San Francisco's Chinatown can find all sorts of mooncakes, especially in the months leading up to the Mid-Autumn Festival. Whether it is a traditional or modern variety, it is a way to connect with a tradition that stretches back more than a thousand years and to remind people what the historic Chinatown community has to offer.
"In the spirit of the Moon Festival, it gives us another reason to gather with our friends and family to attract people who've never been to San Francisco's Chinatown and see why there's so much preservation here. It is the oldest Chinatown in the nation still," said Lee.
Bakers in San Francisco offer new treats for mooncake lovers for Mid-Autumn Festival
