Gaza: The death toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023, has risen to 54,677, with the number of injured reaching 125,530.

According to Qatar News Agency, a statement issued by the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip revealed that hospitals in the enclave received 70 martyrs over the past 24 hours, including three bodies recovered from under the rubble, along with 189 wounded individuals.

The statement added that several victims remain trapped beneath the debris and along roadways, unreachable by emergency and civil defense rescuers.

Since the resumption of the war on the enclave on Mar. 18, at least 4,400 people have been killed and 13,189 others wounded, the statement read.

The Gaza Strip is reeling from a cataclysmic humanitarian situation due to the blockade on the flow of life-saving humanitarian aid to the population, as well as medicines and medical equipment to hospitals, with over two million individuals languishing in camps and shelters, grappling with extremely harsh living conditions.