Gaza’s Health Ministry said Tuesday that Israeli attacks killed at least 62 Palestinians and wounded 296 in the previous 24-hour period as Israeli strikes continue to pound targets across the Strip.
The Health Ministry’s numbers account for dead and wounded Palestinians who arrived at hospitals and morgues. “There are still a number of victims under the rubble and on the streets, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them,” the ministry wrote on Telegram.
Medical sources told Al Jazeera that at least 23 Palestinians, including seven children, were killed by Israeli attacks overnight Monday into Tuesday, which included strikes on displaced Palestinians sheltering in tents.
The Health Ministry said that since Israel restarted its genocidal war on Gaza on March 18, at least 792 Palestinians have been killed, and 1,663 were injured. Save the Children said at least 270 Palestinian children had been killed by Israel over the past week.
The Israeli military issued fresh evacuation orders for Palestinians in northern Gaza, threatening attacks on the northern cities of Jabalia, Beit Lahia, Beit Hanoun, and Shejaia in Gaza City. The IDF also ordered the displacement of Palestinians in areas of southern Gaza.
Also on Tuesday, rare anti-Hamas protests were reported in northern Gaza. Videos on social media showed Palestinians marching and calling for an end to Israel’s genocidal war and chanting for Hamas to “get out.” Messages shared on social media also called for more protests to be held in different areas of Gaza on Wednesday.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said in its update that its total recorded death toll since October 2023 has reached 50,144, and the number of wounded has risen to 113,704. Gaza’s Media Office has said that nearly 62,000 adults and children have been killed by Israeli violence since October 2023, a number that accounts for missing Palestinians. Other estimates that factor in indirect deaths put the death toll in the hundreds of thousands.
