PALESTINE – The total Gaza death toll is at least 60,249 as of Thursday, according to the local health ministry, as Israeli forces continue their attacks across the strip.

A ministry statement said that 111 bodies were brought to hospitals in the last 24 hours, while 820 people were injured, taking the number of injuries to 147,089 in the Israeli onslaught.

“Many victims are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” it added.

The ministry also noted that 91 Palestinians were killed and over 666 injured while trying to get humanitarian aid in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed while seeking aid to 1,330, with 8,818 others wounded, since May 27.

Gaza Starvation Deaths Today

Two more people died of starvation in the Israel-blockaded Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours, a health official said on Thursday.

Muneer Alboursh, Director General of the Gaza Health Ministry, said a child was among the two victims, without giving details about their ages.

The new fatalities brought the total number of famine-related deaths in Gaza since October 2023 to 159, including 90 children.

“They did not die suddenly. They withered – day after day, under a blockade that denies food and medicine, and amid global silence that equates the oppressor with the victim,” Alboursh said.

“Every number is a name. Every child was a dream. Every martyr just needed a meal… or milk… or care.”

Israel has imposed a blockade on Gaza for 18 years and, since March 2, has shut down all crossings, blocking the entry of humanitarian aid and worsening conditions for the territory’s 2.4 million population.