Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks in Gaza rises to 45,717

The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 45,717, with 108,856 others injured, the Gaza-based health ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

In the past 24 hours alone, at least 59 people have been killed and 273 injured in the enclave, according to the statement.

Gaza's Civil Defense Authority reported that Israeli airstrikes across Gaza resulted in at least 19 fatalities the same day.

In northern Gaza City, an Israeli airstrike struck a building, killing at least 11 people, including seven children. The Civil Defense further claimed that Israeli drones targeted rescue teams operating in the area.

In south Gaza's Khan Younis, five security personnel escorting a humanitarian aid convoy were killed in an Israeli airstrike. The Civil Defense Authority accused Israel of deliberately targeting these personnel to obstruct the delivery of humanitarian aid.

In a separate airstrike in Khan Younis, a building was struck, resulting in the deaths of three people, including one child.

The health ministry's Saturday statement also said that the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza is no longer treating patients or wounded. So far, all three public hospitals in Gaza's north, namely Kamal Adwan Hospital, Beit Hanoun Hospital, and Indonesian Hospital, are all out of service due to relentless Israeli strikes, according to the statement.

In its own development, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) issued a statement on Saturday declaring the completion of military operations in a northern Gaza area, which senior Hamas commanders reportedly used as a hideout and operational center.

According to the IDF, the area referred to as the "Officers' Neighborhood" contained buildings overlooking Israeli territory. It was described as a key hub for Hamas militants, equipped with anti-tank positions, traps, tunnels, and launch devices targeting Israel. The IDF claimed that it destroyed the entire complex along with Hamas infrastructure located within it.

Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks in Gaza rises to 45,717

Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks in Gaza rises to 45,717

Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks in Gaza rises to 45,717

The new China-Mongolia cross-border railway is expected to serve as a new bridge for boosting connectivity between the two countries, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said in Beijing on Thursday.

China and Mongolia held a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday to mark the official launch of construction on the Gantsmod–Gashuunsukhait rail project, which will be the second cross-border rail link between the two countries.

Lin said at a regular press briefing that the railway would inject new momentum into the development of China-Mongolia bilateral relations.

"On May 14, China and Mongolia held a ceremony to mark the official groundbreaking of the Gantsmod-Gashuunsukhait cross-border railway, which is the second cross-border railway between the two countries. Expanding cooperation in key areas such as economy and trade, energy, mining and connectivity is an important common understanding between President Xi Jinping and Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh. In February this year, Premier Li Qiang and Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene jointly witnessed the exhibiting of the cooperation agreement on the Gantsmod-Gashuunsukhait railway and coal trade," said Lin.

"The construction of this cross-border railway is not only a concrete step of implementing the important common understanding between the presidents of the two countries, but also an important action to synergize the Belt and Road Initiative and Mongolia's Steppe Road Program. We hope this railway will serve as a new bridge for China-Mongolia connectivity, fostering deeper development integration, promoting industrial synergy, and expanding visits and exchanges, thereby injecting new impetus in to the building of a China-Mongolia community with a shared future," he said.

New cross-border railway to enhance connectivity between China, Mongolia: FM spokesman