Gaza (Quds News Network)- The death toll from Israel’s genocide in Gaza has reached 48,239, with 111,676 others injured, according to the Health Ministry on Thursday. Many bodies remain trapped under rubble and in the streets, with rescue teams unable to reach them due to ongoing Israeli restrictions.
In the last 24 hours, 17 more bodies arrived at hospitals, including 14 recovered from the rubble and 3 killed or succumbed to injuries.
“The toll includes those killed in direct attacks, succumbed to their injuries, or lost their lives in the explosion of unexploded ordnance,” Gaza’s Health Ministry Director-General Munir al-Bursh noted.
The Ministry of Interior and National Security announced on Thursday that a 14-year-old boy was killed east of the Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip due to an unexploded ordnance.
The ministry warned that many bodies remain trapped under debris and in the streets, where rescue teams cannot reach them due to ongoing Israeli restrictions.
Dead bodies and skeletal remains have been discovered in the besieged strip since the Israeli forces’ withdrawal. Gaza’s Civil Defense said that the “bodies of thousands” of people are still buried under rubble, adding that crews faced difficulties in finding and recovering them because of a lack of resources, including a lack of “heavy equipment and machinery.”
The Israeli army completed its withdrawal from the so-called Netzarim Corridor as part of the ceasefire agreement. However, Gazan authorities stated that movement restrictions remain in place. Vehicles can only pass through Salah Al-Din Street after inspection, while Al-Rashid Street remains off-limits to vehicles and open only for pedestrians.
Despite the ceasefire, Israel continues attacks on Palestinians using drone strikes and live fire, resulting in more deaths and injuries. At least 92 people have been killed in direct attacks by Israeli forces since the ceasefire agreement took effect on January 19.
