The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip has risen to 44,758, with 106,134 others injured, the Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement released on Tuesday.
The Gaza government media office reported on Tuesday that 1,059 medical personnel and 709 police and aid workers have been killed in the region from the outbreak of the Palestine-Israel conflict on October 7 last year to December 9 this year.
According to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, Israeli military operations in Izbat Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday resulted in at least 20 deaths and multiple injuries. Earlier that day, Israeli strikes in northern Gaza's Beit Lahia killed six people, while an attack on the Maghazi refugee camp left two dead.
The Israel Defense Forces continued to target hospitals and medical personnel in Gaza. Recent attacks have included strikes on the Indonesia Hospital and Kamal Adwan Hospital, reported the WAFA.
United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Monday expressed deep concern about the situation in Gaza and the West Bank, noting a trend towards escalation in the region. Turk said that the only way forward is to reach a ceasefire agreement, but at this point, it appears that such an agreement is still a long way off.
Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks in Gaza rises to 44,758
Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Vietnam Bui Thanh Son in Beijing on Tuesday, with both sides pledging to promote the China-Vietnam community with a shared future.
Noting that China and Vietnam are comrades in the socialist cause and good partners on the path of reform, Han said General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President Xi Jinping and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam have made strategic plans for advancing the China-Vietnam community with a shared future, providing clear direction for the development of bilateral relations.
Noting that next year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries and the China-Vietnam Year of People-to-People Exchanges, Han said the two sides should follow the important consensus reached by the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, maintain strategic communication, expand practical cooperation, consolidate the foundation of public opinion, strengthen multilateral coordination and promote the building of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future, bringing more benefits to the two peoples.
Bui Thanh Son said that developing long-term friendly relations with China is the consistent proposition, objective requirement, strategic choice and top priority of Vietnam's diplomacy.
Vietnam firmly adheres to the one-China policy and is willing to strengthen high-level exchanges, consolidate political mutual trust, deepen pragmatic cooperation with China, and jointly promote the building of a Vietnam-China community with a shared future with strategic significance, he added.
Chinese, Vietnamese officials pledge to promote China-Vietnam community with shared future
