Gaza’s civil defence agency has said the death toll from a massive Israeli campaign launched throughout the Palestinian territory has risen to more than 220 people, including children, AFP reports.

“More than 220 martyrs were transferred to hospitals in the Gaza Strip, most of them children, women and the elderly, as a result of the aggression,” agency spokesman Mahmud Basal told AFP, adding that the military operation was ongoing and affecting schools and camps sheltering displaced people.

 Mourners and a paramedic move the body of a Palestinian, killed in an Israeli strike, according to medics, at Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on March 17, 2025. — Reuters/Osama Shareef
Mourners and a paramedic move the body of a Palestinian, killed in an Israeli strike, according to medics, at Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on March 17, 2025. — Reuters/Osama Shareef

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