GAZA, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 2023 has risen to 70,100, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Saturday.
During the past 48 hours, two bodies and 11 injured people were transferred to hospitals in the Palestinian enclave, bringing total injuries to 170,983 since the Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke out in October 2023, the authorities added.
Despite a ceasefire implemented in October, periodic Israeli attacks have killed 354 people and injured 906 others in the besieged enclave, according to the statement.
On Saturday, two Palestinian children were killed in an Israeli drone strike east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, as the Israeli army intensified its attacks across the enclave, according to Palestinian medical and security sources.
The conflict erupted on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking around 250 hostages, prompting a large-scale Israeli military response in Gaza. ■
