Five kids among 77 Gazans killed
Gaza officials say 77 people have died in the past 24 hours The Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip said Friday that 77 people have died and 174 others arrived at hospitals during the past 24 hours as a result of the ongoing conflict in the territory.
The latest toll includes five children and 12 others who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Shaaban Rais School sheltering displaced people on Thursday, as well as five people who were killed in Maghazi refugee camp in Deir al-Balah early Thursday.
Officials said some people remained under rubble and on roads where ambulance and civil defence crew could not reach them.
The ministry said the latest death toll brings the total of deaths in Gaza to 45,206 since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023 and triggered a 14-month Israeli offensive. Local health officials do not distinguish between civilians and combatants, but have said more than half of the fatalities are women and children.
