Death toll in Gaza rises to 52,000, territory's health ministry says

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Palestinian officials said the war successful Gaza has killed much than 52,000 people, arsenic Israel continues its renewed violative connected the territory aft ending its ceasefire with Hamas successful March.

The wide toll of 52,243 includes astir 700 bodies for which the documentation process was precocious completed, the Hamas-run wellness ministry said successful its latest update. It comes aft the hospitals successful the Gaza Strip received the remains of 51 Palestinians implicit the past 24 hours, who were killed in Israeli strikes.

Israel ended its ceasefire with Hamas by launching a astonishment bombardment connected the territory connected March 18 and has since been carrying retired regular waves of strikes. Ground forces person expanded a buffer portion and encircled the confederate metropolis of Rafah, and present power astir 50% of the territory.

Israel has besides sealed disconnected the territory's 2 cardinal Palestinians from each imports, including nutrient and medicine, for astir 60 days. Aid groups accidental supplies volition soon tally retired and that thousands of children are malnourished.

Palestinians are present chiefly surviving disconnected canned vegetables, rice, pasta and lentils. Meat, milk, food and effect person disappeared. Bread and eggs are scarce. The fewer vegetables oregon different items successful the marketplace person skyrocketed successful price, unaffordable for most.

"We can't get thing that provides immoderate macromolecule oregon nutrients," Mariam al-Najjar said.

Israeli authorities accidental the renewed violative and tightened blockade are aimed astatine pressuring Hamas to merchandise hostages abducted successful its Oct. 7, 2023, onslaught that triggered the war. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to proceed the warfare until Hamas is destroyed oregon disarmed, and each the hostages are returned.

Hamas has said it volition lone merchandise the remaining 59 hostages — 24 of whom are believed to beryllium live — successful speech for Palestinian prisoners, a lasting ceasefire and a afloat Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, arsenic called for successful the now-defunct ceasefire reached successful January.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said connected Sunday that talks with Hamas successful caller days had shown the radical is much unfastened to an statement that goes beyond a ceasefire and aims for a lasting solution with Israel, Reuters reported.

Hamas-led militants killed immoderate 1,200 people, mostly civilians, successful the Oct. 7 onslaught and took 251 radical hostage. Most person since been released successful ceasefire agreements oregon different deals.

Gaza's Health Ministry, which is controlled by Hamas, says women and children marque up astir of the Palestinian deaths but does not accidental however galore were militants oregon civilians. It says different 117,600 radical person been wounded successful the war.

Israel says it has killed astir 20,000 militants, without providing evidence. The subject says it tries to debar harming civilians and it blames Hamas for their deaths due to the fact that the militants run successful densely populated areas.

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