Death toll rises to more than 37,370 and nearly 85,500 injured due to Israel’s offensive against Gaza

17 people die in new Israeli bombings against the Strip, including two refugee camps

June 18 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The toll of victims caused by the Israeli Army in its offensive against the Gaza Strip, unleashed after the attacks carried out on October 7 by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and other Palestinian factions, has increased to more than 37,370 dead and nearly 85,500 injured, according to the authorities of the enclave, controlled by the Islamist group.

“The toll of Israeli aggression has increased to 37,372 martyrs and 85,452 wounded,” said the Gaza Ministry of Health in a statement, in which it stressed that “the Israeli occupation committed three massacres against families in Gaza during the last 24 hours, with 25 dead and 80 injured.

Likewise, he has called on “the families of the martyrs and those missing in the war in Gaza” to provide information about their loved ones to complete the toll of victims and has stressed that there are an undetermined number of victims “under the rubble and in the roads”. Gazan authorities have put the missing persons at nearly 10,000.

During the last hours, the death of 17 people has been confirmed due to a series of bombings carried out by the Israeli Army against several points in the Gaza Strip, including two refugee camps.

Local sources cited by the Palestinian news agency WAFA have indicated that at least seven civilians have been killed in a new bombardment against the Nuseirat camp, located in central Gaza, and have added that several people have been injured, so they do not It is ruled out that the number of deaths will increase in the coming hours.

Likewise, Israel has carried out bombings against the Bureij refugee camp, around Deir al Bala, also in the center of the Strip, and against this same city, as well as artillery attacks against Rafah, located in the south. of the enclave, on the border with Egypt.

For its part, the Israeli Army has confirmed in its daily operations report that its forces “continue fighting in the Rafah area”, where they have “eliminated” several terrorists in face-to-face confrontations. “In one incident, the forces identified two terrorists armed with explosives and a device attacked and eliminated the terrorists,” he added.

Along these lines, he pointed out that “the forces of the 99th Division continue to operate in the center of the Gaza Strip against terrorist infrastructure and eliminating terrorists in face-to-face confrontations”, before adding that the Air Force has attacked “dozens of terrorist targets” and that the Navy has attacked “multiple targets” in Gaza during the last day.