Gaza (National Times) The health ministry in Gaza has said that at least 37,765 people have been killed during more than eight months of Israeli bombardment, AFP reports.

The toll includes at least 47 deaths over the past 24 hours, a ministry statement said, adding that 86,429 people had been wounded in the Gaza Strip since October 7.

Girl dies of malnutrition in Gaza as Israel bombs north and south
Another child died of malnutrition in northern Gaza overnight and six people were killed and several wounded in renewed Israeli bombing of residential areas of Gaza City, Palestinian health officials have said, Reuters reports.

In the southern city of Rafah, a one-time place of refuge where Israel says it is close to completing an almost month-long operation against Hamas fighters, residents said the military had flattened several districts over the past few days.

“We are being starved in Gaza City, and are being hunted by tanks and planes with no hope that this war is ever ending,” Mohammad Jamal, 25, a resident of Gaza City, told Reuters via a chat app.

The death of another girl in Kamal Adwan Hospital late on Wednesday raised the number of children who have died of malnutrition and dehydration to at least 31, a health official said, adding that the war made recording such cases difficult.

Israel denies accusations it has created the famine conditions, blaming aid agencies for distribution problems and accusing Hamas of diverting aid, allegations the militants deny.

At least one person killed after Israel shells home near central Gaza: report
Israeli forces have hit a house with artillery fire near Bureij camp in central Gaza, killing at least one person and injuring others, Al Jazeera staffers on the ground report.

It comes after a spate of overnight attacks we reported in northern Gaza killed nine people, AJ highlighted.