Photo taken on April 24, 2024 shows a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza Strip city of Deir el-Balah. The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip from ongoing Israeli attacks has risen to 34,262, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Wednesday.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

Photo taken on April 24, 2024 shows a destroyed house after an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip from ongoing Israeli attacks has risen to 34,262, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Wednesday.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

A Palestinian man inspects a destroyed house in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on April 24, 2024. The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip from ongoing Israeli attacks has risen to 34,262, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Wednesday.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

Palestinians stand among the rubble of a destroyed house in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on April 24, 2024. The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip from ongoing Israeli attacks has risen to 34,262, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Wednesday.(Photo: Xinhua)

 
The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip from ongoing Israeli attacks has risen to 34,262, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Wednesday.

The ministry said in a press statement that the Israeli army killed 79 Palestinians and wounded 86 others during the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 34,262 and injuries to 77,229, since the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out on Oct. 7, 2023.

Israel has launched a large-scale offensive against Hamas in Gaza to retaliate against a Hamas rampage through the southern Israeli border last October, during which about 1,200 people were killed and more than 200 were taken hostage.