Publish Date: 2 May 2024 - 13:30

TEHRAN, May 02 (MNA) – At least 34,596 Palestinians have been killed and 77,816 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, its Health Ministry says.

The ministry added that 28 people were killed and 51 injured in the latest 24-hour reporting period, Al Jazeera reported.

The death toll is estimated to be far higher with thousands believed buried in the debris of buildings collapsed during Israeli strikes.

Israel waged a genocidal war on the besieged Gaza on October 7 after the Palestinian Hamas Resistance group carried out a historic operation against the occupying entity in retaliation for the regime’s intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.

Israel has imposed a complete siege on the densely populated territory, cutting off fuel, electricity, food, and water to the more than two million Palestinians living there.

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