The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 50,810, with 115,688 others injured, from Israeli military operations since October 7, 2023, Gaza health authorities said on Tuesday.
In the past 24 hours, Israeli military operations killed 58 people and wounded 213 others in Gaza, the health authorities said.
Since the March 18 resumption of the Israeli military operations which led to the collapse of a two-month ceasefire, 1,449 Palestinians have been killed and 3,647 injured, according to Gaza's health ministry.
U.S. President Donald Trump once again proposed "controlling and owning" Gaza and relocating the Palestinians living there "to different countries" during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday.
Trump also called the release of hostages held in Gaza a "top priority," and expressed optimism about ongoing negotiations but provided no specific details.
On the same day, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi met with visiting French President Emmanuel Macron in Cairo. At a joint press conference, the two leaders both voiced their rejection of any calls for the displacement of Palestinians from their land and the annexation of Gaza and the West Bank.
Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, warned on Monday that Israel now controls more than 50 percent of Gaza and is squeezing Palestinians into "shrinking wedges of land," which could lead to an even more severe humanitarian disaster.
In a press statement released on Tuesday, Hamas warned that Israel's ongoing military escalation in the Gaza Strip endangers the lives of Israeli hostages rather than offering any hope for their safe return, stressing that "the only way to secure the return of the hostages is through negotiations."
Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 50,810
Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 50,810
