Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks in Gaza rises to 38,983: health authorities

The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 38,983, the Gaza-based health authorities said on Sunday, Reuters reports. During the past 24 hours, the Israeli military killed 64 people and wounded 105 others, bringing the total death toll to 38,983 and injuries to 89,727 since the Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke out in early October 2023, it said in a statement. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that IDF troops are continuing to operate in the Gaza Strip from land, air, and sea. During operations in the Rafah area in southern Gaza, "an IDF aircraft identified an armed terrorist cell advancing toward troops, who responded swiftly and eliminated the cell," said the IDF. "In the central Gaza Strip, IDF troops conducted targeted operations on multiple military structures, locating various types of weaponry," it added. The Israeli military also said that a senior member of the Hamas had been killed in a recent joint operation carried out by the IDF and Shin Bet, the country's internal security agency. On the same day, Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said that its fighters had engaged in intense clashes with the Israeli army in various places in Gaza, and had used rockets and explosive devices to attack Israeli tanks and army forces.