The Gaza Strip has been plunged into a devastating humanitarian crisis, with the death toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression surging to an appalling 42,409, according to local health authorities. An additional 99,153 Palestinians have sustained injuries, many of them women and children.

The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has exceeded 42,400, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Wednesday. Over the past 24 hours, 65 people were killed in Israel's booming of Gaza,

An Israeli air strike on eastern Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip killed Palestinian footballer Imad Abu Tima, 21, along with nine members of his family. Abu Tima played for the Ittihad Khan Younis club and represented Palestine’s under-20 national team in 2021, according to media reports.