More than 50 people were killed on Thursday in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip cities of Beit Lahia, Khan Younis, and Al-Maghazi, the Gaza Health Ministry said.
The ministry’s spokesman, Ashraf al-Qedra, said in a statement that dozens of people were injured in the attacks, and the death toll could rise.
More than 30 people were killed in the Israeli bombing of a residential square in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian news agency WAFA.
Later on Thursday, the number of Palestinian deaths in the Gaza Strip had risen to 21,320, with 55,603 injured, al-Qedra said during a press conference.
He added that 210 people were killed within the past 24 hours due to Israeli attacks.
