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GAZA, July 5 (KUNA) -- Health Ministry in Gaza Strip announced on Saturday the death toll rose to 57,338 from Israel occupation's genocidal war on the Strip since October 2023.
A ministry statement said that 70 dead bodies were brought to hospitals in the last 24 hours, in addition to 332 injured people, which took the total number of injuries to 135,957.
"Many victims are still trapped under rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them, "it added.
The number of victims who arrived at hospitals while trying to obtain aid in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours had reached 23 dead, 54 wounded, bringing the total to 743 dead and 4,891 wounded, said statement.
Meanwhile, Gaza Strip is witnessing intense artillery shelling and bombing by Israeli warplanes, targeting a number of civilian homes and displaced persons' tents in the Al-Mawasi area in the coastal Khan Yunis district and the eastern areas of Gaza City.(end)
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