The death toll in the Gaza Strip from the ongoing Israeli attacks has surpassed 44,000, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Thursday.
According to the health authorities, 44,056 people have been killed and more than 104,000 people wounded since the start of the conflict in October 2023. In the past 24 hours, 71 people were killed and 176 others were injured, they said.
Israel continued its assault in Gaza on Thursday, with the official news agency of Palestine reporting that the Israeli airstrike in the Al-Mawasi area in southern Gaza caused multiple casualties. The area shelters many displaced Palestinians.
In addition, the Israeli forces launched a raid in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip and blew up many residential buildings in the Jabaliya refugee camp. Israel has not made comments on these so far.
Death toll in Gaza from Israel's attacks surpasses 44,000
Russia claimed on Thursday that it had taken control of another settlement in Donetsk, while Ukraine reported on the same day that it had repelled Russian attempts to break through defenses.
The Russian Defense Ministry said in a routine bulletin that the Russian army had taken control of a settlement in Donetsk and launched multiple attacks on Ukrainian tanks, electronic warfare base stations, ammunition depots and other military targets.
Russian air defense systems intercepted targets including British-made Storm Shadow missiles, rockets from the U.S.-developed HIMARS rocket launchers, and drones, according to the defense ministry.
On the same day, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in an online statement that as of Thursday afternoon, the Ukrainian army engaged in fire exchanges with Russian forces on the front line more than 100 times, notably in the direction of Kurakhove and Pokrovsk.
The Ukrainian side reported it had repelled several Russian attacks and prevented the Russians from breaking through the defense line.
Russia claims taking control of settlement, Ukraine says repelling Russian attacks
