Death toll in Israel’s war on Gaza surpasses 69,000 as attacks continue

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Nearly a period aft the ceasefire betwixt Hamas and Israel, the decease toll successful Gaza is inactive rising amid reports of much killings, arsenic the ongoing hunt for bodies from nether the rubble continues.

The Ministry of Health successful Gaza said connected Saturday that the full fig of radical killed successful the enclave since October 7, 2023, had risen to 69,169, aft much of the dormant were identified and much bodies recovered.

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Israeli attacks person killed much than 240 Palestinians since the ceasefire woody came into effect past month, the ministry said.

On Saturday, determination were reports of yet much killings. The Israeli subject said that it killed 1 Palestinian who had crossed the alleged yellowish enactment and approached Israeli soldiers operating successful bluish Gaza.

The yellowish enactment is simply a demarcation enactment to which Israeli forces agreed to retreat nether the United States-brokered truce to extremity the war.

The Israeli service said it killed different Palestinian successful confederate Gaza, who had besides crossed the yellowish enactment and allegedly “posed an contiguous threat” to its troops.

Israel has continued to occurrence astatine Palestinians, including families, who attack the demarcation line.

Adding to the decease toll, a Palestinian kid was killed aft an explosive instrumentality near down by Israeli forces successful the metropolis of Khan Younis detonated, according to Nasser Hospital.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for the Rafah crossing betwixt Gaza and Egypt to beryllium reopened for urgent aesculapian evacuations.

About 4,000 Palestinian patients person near Gaza done Rafah for attraction successful Egypt and elsewhere, with different 16,500 patients inactive waiting to get aesculapian attraction abroad, according to the WHO.

“The Rafah crossing is simply a captious exit for aesculapian evacuations and a cardinal introduction for wellness supplies into Gaza. Egypt remains 1 of the main destinations for patients needing urgent care,” the bureau wrote successful a societal media post.

Military and settler raids intensify

In the occupied West Bank, subject raids and settler attacks continued successful an evident thrust to unit Palestinians from their land, arsenic portion of the Israeli government’s amerciable colony enlargement crossed the territory.

Israeli settlers attacked a radical of Palestinian villagers, activists and journalists who had gathered connected Saturday to harvest olives successful the municipality of Beita, southbound of Nablus successful the occupied West Bank.

Jonathan Pollak, an Israeli anti-apartheid activist, who was helping Palestinians harvest their olives, described to Al Jazeera however a radical of dozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked with clubs.

The settlers descended from a elevation and “started hurling … immense rocks astatine us, and we had to flee”, Pollak told Al Jazeera.

He said the battle led to much than a twelve injuries that required aesculapian attention, including a writer who was bludgeoned by the settlers, and a 70-year-old activistic who had his cheekbone and jaw broken.

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said successful a connection that 5 journalists – Ranin Sawafteh, Mohammed al-Atrash, Louay Saeed, Nasser Ishtayeh and Nael Bouaitel – were injured successful the assault.

The syndicate condemned the attack, calling it a “war transgression aimed astatine sidesplitting them”.

The Reuters quality bureau confirmed that 2 of its employees, a writer and a information advisor accompanying her, were among those injured successful the attack.

Israeli settlers person been carrying retired near-daily assaults connected Palestinian farmers and their lands during this year’s olive harvest successful the occupied West Bank, targeting 1 of the astir captious symbols of Palestinian practice and livelihood.

The harvest comes amid a question of settler violence. The United Nations says astatine slightest 126 attacks person been recorded since September successful 70 towns and villages, with much than 4,000 olive trees and saplings vandalised oregon uprooted.

On Saturday, Israeli settlers besides attacked Palestinian homes successful the colony of Raba, southeast of Jenin, nether the extortion of equipped Israeli soldiers, who entered the colony astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic the attacks, according to the Palestinian quality bureau Wafa.

The subject besides ramped up its attacks connected Saturday, shooting and injuring a antheral during a raid successful the Far’a exile camp, southbound of Tubas, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

Soldiers arrested a 13-year-old successful the municipality of Yabad, adjacent Jenin, aft beating him successful the street, and a young antheral successful the municipality of al-Mazraa ash-Sharqiya, adjacent Ramallah.

Separately, successful ar-Ram, northbound of occupied East Jerusalem, a Palestinian antheral was changeable successful the limb adjacent Israel’s separation partition and transferred to a aesculapian installation successful Ramallah, according to Wafa.

Meanwhile, dozens of Palestinians suffered from teardrop state inhalation aft Israeli forces fired state canisters astatine worshippers performing evening prayers astatine the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Mosque successful Salem, a colony eastbound of Nablus.

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