Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not differentiate between fighters and civilians, says over 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the Israel-Hamas war began.
Israeli strikes on Palestinian territories Wednesday have killed more than two dozen Palestinians, according to local officials.
An Israeli airstrike killed five Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and at least 20 people, including 16 women and children, in the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military said it targeted a group of militants in the city of Tubas in the occupied West Bank, as the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death toll of five people but did not specify if the victims were militants or civilians.
Israel has stepped up military raids in the occupied West Bank in recent weeks, with the city of Jenin seeing the longest Israeli operation in the area for 20 years, causing widespread destruction.
On Tuesday, Gaza’s Health Ministry said a strike on a tent camp in a designated humanitarian zone, Muwasi, killed at least 19 people and wounded 60 others. Israel said the strike was targeting senior Hamas militants.
The Health Ministry says over 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the war between Israel and Hamas began in October last year, and around 90% of Gaza’s 2.3 million population have been displaced.
Palestinians to leave Gaza for medical care
Dozens of Palestinian patients are expected to leave the Gaza Strip through an Israeli crossing to travel to the United Arab Emirates for medical care on Wednesday, according to an Israeli official speaking on anonymity pending a formal announcement.
In the most significant departure of medical patients through Israel since the war erupted, over 200 people, mostly children and their relatives, are expected to leave.
Gaza’s borders have been sealed off since May, when IDF captured its border with Egypt, including the key Rafah crossing, which was previously the only entry and exit point for Palestinians since the start of the war.
The official says the patients are leaving through the Kerem Shalom crossing and heading to the Ramon airport in southern Israel, where they will board a flight to the UAE.