At least 98 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, Qatari television channel Al Jazeera reported, citing the enclave's Health Ministry.
According to the television channel, another 300 people have been injured in the past 24 hours.
According to statistics from the Gaza Health Ministry since March 18, when Israel resumed military operations in the Strip, 3,427 people have been killed and 9,647 injured. Since the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in October 2023. The death toll rose to 53,573, with 121,688 injured.
On May 18, Israel announced the start of expanded military operations in northern and southern Gaza as part of a new large-scale ground operation "Gideon's Chariots". On May 19, the UN confirmed that Israeli authorities had allowed the organization to resume humanitarian aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip, noting that permission had been received for nine trucks to enter the enclave.
At the same time, the press center of the Palestinian enclave government stated that in order to meet the most basic needs of its residents, about 500 trucks with humanitarian aid should arrive in the Gaza Strip every day.