The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 50,846, with 115,729 others injured, from Israeli military operations since October 7, 2023, Gaza health authorities said on Wednesday.
In the past 24 hours, Israeli military operations killed 33 people and wounded 41 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, 1,482 Palestinians have been killed and 3,688 injured, according to Gaza's health authorities.
In addition, Israel launched two rounds of airstrikes on the Shuja'iyya neighborhood in northern Gaza City on Wednesday, bringing the cumulative death toll to at least 35, with many others injured, according to the Palestine News and Information Agency WAFA.
A source within the Israeli military revealed that a senior Hamas member was killed in the airstrikes, though this claim has not been officially confirmed by Israeli authorities yet.
Over the past weeks, the Israeli army has been expanding its military buffer zone in the southern Gaza Strip as part of its ongoing operation, now planning to include Rafah, with other areas along the Gaza border, The Times of Israel reported.
The Israeli military has not yet made an official response to these actions.
Due to Israel's ongoing blockade of humanitarian aid and commercial supplies, along with its continuous military operations, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are facing a severe humanitarian crisis, according to a report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on Wednesday.
Aid workers and facilities have also been targeted by Israeli forces. Since March 18, the UN has made 170 attempts to enter Gaza and deliver aid, but 68 percent of these requests have been denied by the Israeli side.
Displaced people in northern Gaza are now enduring harsh living conditions, with extremely crowded living space and a severe shortage of food, water, and sanitation supplies, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said.
Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 50,846
