Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 41,118: health authorities

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Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 41,118: health authorities

2024-09-13 15:57 Last Updated At：16:37

The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 41,118, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement released on Thursday.

During the past 24 hours, the Israeli military killed 34 people and wounded 96 others, bringing the total death toll to 41,118 and injuries to more than 95,125 since the latest round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke out last October, it added.

Israeli military operations are continuing across Gaza and the West Bank.

At least 19 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, according to Palestinian security and medical sources.

An Israeli warplane struck a residential house in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, killing three people, said Palestinian medical sources.

Seven Palestinians were killed by Israeli aircraft in two attacks on the Zeitoun neighborhood south of Gaza City, according to local sources and eyewitnesses.

The Civil Defense Authority in Gaza reported in a press statement that its crews recovered the body of a Palestinian woman and a seriously injured person following an Israeli attack near Zeitoun neighborhood south of Gaza City.

In Rafah, southern Gaza, Civil Defense crews recovered the bodies of four people, three of whom were from the same family, after they were targeted by a missile in the Al-Zahour neighborhood in the center of the city. The bodies were transferred to the hospital, according to a separate statement released by the Civil Defense Authority.

Medical sources reported that the bodies of four people were transferred to the European Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, following the bombing of a residential house in the city.

On the same day, the Israeli army also conducted military operations in Tulkarm, and Tubas in the northern West Bank, destroying infrastructure and Palestinian homes.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that it has "dismantled" Hamas' Rafah Brigade in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.

The military stated that its troops killed more than 2,000 "militants" in Rafah, including Mahmoud Hamdan, commander of Hamas' Tel al-Sultan Battalion in the city.

It added that its operations destroyed approximately 13 kilometers of tunnels buried beneath Rafah and about 80 percent of the underground tunnel routes along the Philadelphi Corridor on the Gaza-Egypt border.

CMG reporter says internet shutdown following deadly pager blasts in Lebanon

2024-09-18 05:10 Last Updated At：07:17

Multiple handheld pager explosions struck Beirut and the southeastern and northeastern regions of Lebanon on Tuesday, leading to a temporary internet shutdown in the southern suburbs of the capital city, according to China Media Group (CMG) reporter Ci Xiaoning.

"I am currently at the entrance of a major hospital in Beirut, Lebanon's capital. Around 15:30 today, there were several explosions in the southern suburbs of Beirut. My Lebanese colleague, who lives very close to the area, experienced an immediate loss of internet connectivity. Reports have since confirmed that many handheld pagers were involved in the explosions," Ci reported outside a hospital in Beruit.

Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad confirmed that the explosions resulted in at least nine deaths and about 2,800 injuries, with approximately 200 people in critical condition. The injured are being transferred to hospitals.

In a statement, Hezbollah said it is conducting security and scientific investigations to identify the reasons behind these explosions, adding that the group is "at the highest level of readiness to defend Lebanon and its people."

In a separate statement, the Shiite group blamed Israel for "this criminal attack," vowing to retaliate.

The Lebanese Council of Ministers stressed that the government, shortly after the deadly explosions, began contacting the concerned countries and the United Nations to hold the perpetrators accountable.

Israel has yet to comment on Tuesday's blasts. According to media reports, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant held a security assessment meeting at the HaKirya military base in Tel Aviv on Tuesday to address the implications of the explosions.