on Saturday 18 January, 2025
Health ministry in Gaza says 23 killed in 24 hours
Mourners pray beside the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes, before a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel takes effect, at Al Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on January 18, 2025. (Reuters)
The health ministry in Gaza said on Saturday that 23 people were killed in the Palestinian territory in the previous 24 hours, taking the overall war death toll to 46,899.
The ministry said that at least 110,725 people have been wounded in more than 15 months of war between Israel and Hamas, sparked by the Palestinian group’s October 7, 2023 attack.
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