(MENAFN- Gulf Times) The death toll in the Gaza Strip, since the start of the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, 2023, has risen to 62,819, mostly women and children, Palestinian medical sources reported on Tuesday.

The sources added that the injury toll has surged to 158,629 since the start of the offensive, while several victims are still trapped under the rubble, with ambulance and civil defense crews unable to reach them.

Over the past 24 hours, Gaza's hospitals received 75 martyrs and 370 injured, with the toll of casualties since March 18, following Israel's breach of the ceasefire deal, reaching 10,975 fatalities and 46,588 injuries, the sources continued.

The sources further indicated that the toll of those who died while trying to make a living and being sent to hospitals in the past 24 hours reached 17, with 122 reported injured, bringing the total number of martyrs who reached the hospitals to 2,140 and 15,737 injured.

Meanwhile, hospitals in the Gaza Strip recorded 3 new mortalities over the past 24 hours due to starvation and malnutrition, bringing the total number of mortalities to 303, including 117 children.

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