The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 46,006, with 109,378 others injured, the Gaza-based health ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
In the past 24 hours alone, at least 70 people have been killed and 104 injured in the enclave, according to the statement.
Palestinian authorities reported that Israeli airstrikes on multiple locations across Gaza on Thursday led to dozens of casualties. One attack targeted a school in the Jabalia area in northern Gaza, killing four people, including a child and a woman, and injuring at least 25 others. Another airstrike in central Gaza resulted in the deaths of four people, including three children, and left many more wounded.
Additionally, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) set dozens of homes ablaze in northern Gaza on Thursday, igniting widespread fires across several areas.
The Palestinian official news agency WAFA cited a statement from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), noting that at least 74 children have been killed in various attacks in Gaza since the beginning of 2025.
Meanwhile, the IDF reported that their recent airstrikes have killed several Hamas commanders, claiming these people were responsible for planning and launching attacks against Israel.
Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks in Gaza rises to 46,006
Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks in Gaza rises to 46,006
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) reported significant progress in its re-lending programs for technology innovation and equipment renewal on Thursday, with relevant contracts worth nearly 1 trillion yuan (about 140 billion U.S. dollars) signed.
By the end of 2024, China's commercial banks had signed loan contracts with a total value of 115 billion yuan (about 16 billion U.S. dollars) with over 5,000 science and technology enterprises, and disbursed loans of nearly 50 billion yuan (about 6.8 billion U.S. dollars) to enhanced the financing accessibility for medium and small-sized sci-tech companies, according to the latest data from the PBOC.
Financial support for large-scale equipment renewal has also made notable progress, with continuous growth in loan signings and implementations.
By the end of 2024, the commercial banks had engaged with 22,000 equipment renewal projects in China, basically achieving full financing coverage, and signed loan contracts with enterprises, providing 800 billion yuan (about 109 U.S. dollars) for them to draw funds at any time.
At the year-end, the weighted average interest rate for equipment renewal loans was 3 percent, and the actual financing cost was reduced to 1.5 percent, combined with central government subsidies. 。 The PBOC said it will further optimize the re-lending process, expand the scale of equipment renewal loans, and stimulate market entities to unleash demand for equipment renewal.
China sees progress in re-lending programs for tech innovation, equipment renewal
