Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks in Gaza rises to 41,534: health authorities

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Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks in Gaza rises to 41,534: health authorities

2024-09-27 09:10 Last Updated At：15:17

The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip had risen to 41,534, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Thursday.

Over the past 24 hours, the Israeli military killed 39 people and wounded 86 others, bringing the total number of deaths and injuries respectively to 41,534 and 96,092 since the latest conflict erupted in early October 2023.

Mahmoud Basal, a spokesman for the Civil Defense in Gaza, said that the Israeli army on Thursday conducted an airstrike on a school sheltering displaced persons in northern Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp, killing at least 15 people, including women and children, and injuring dozens of others.

Palestinian security sources said that Israeli aircraft bombed the al-Faluja school west of the Jabalia refugee camp with at least one missile.

Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement on the same day that the Israeli Air Force conducted a precise strike on militants operating in a command and control center inside a compound that previously served as the al-Faluja school.

In addition, the Palestinian official news agency WAFA reported that the Israeli army on Thursday launched a drone attack on southern Gaza's Rafah city, killing two people.

China ready to join El Salvador for upgrading ties: FM

2024-09-27 14:40 Last Updated At：15:07

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday that China is willing to make joint efforts with El Salvador to upgrade bilateral ties and help the central American country achieve better national development.

Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said in his meeting with Salvadoran Foreign Minister Alexandra Hill Tinoco in New York that China will continue to support the Salvadoran side in independently exploring a development path suited to its own national conditions.

He said that China is ready to work with El Salvador to speed up negotiations on a free trade agreement to allow more Salvadoran products to enter the Chinese market.

Hill said El Salvador firmly adheres to the one-China principle and is committed to expanding cooperation with China and deepening bilateral friendship.

She added that her country looks forward to reaching a free trade agreement with China at an early date to upgrade bilateral economic and trade cooperation.