Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 41,182

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

Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 41,182

Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 41,182

Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 41,182

China's total import and export volume of trade in sports services reached 52.89 billion yuan (about 7.45 billion U.S. dollars) in 2023, said the State General Administration of Sport on Wednesday.

At a press conference in Beijing, Zhou Jinqiang, deputy director of the State General Administration of Sport, briefed on the achievements scored by China since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 2012.

China's sports sector has achieved high-quality development, with a widespread trend of fitness among the public, remarkable achievements in competitive sports, vibrant youth sports activities, and rapid growth in the sports industry, Zhou said, adding these advancements have contributed to building China into a leading sports nation.

"Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the total scale and added value of China's sports industry have significantly increased, with growth rates surpassing those of GDP during the same period. The proportion of the sports industry in the country's GDP has also continued to rise steadily," said Zhou.

"From 2012 to 2022, the annual average growth rate of the added value of the sports industry reached 15.4 percent, with its share of the domestic GDP increasing from 0.60 percent to 1.08 percent. In 2023, China's total import and export volume of trade in sports services stood at 52.89 billion yuan, marking a 178 percent increase compared to the previous year. At present, China has essentially forged a sports industry system that is led by competitive performances and fitness leisure, with the joint development of sports venue services, sports training, sports manufacturing, and sports media," said Zhou.

China's total trade in sports services reaches 52.89 bln yuan in 2023: official