Gaza conflict death toll rises to 57,130

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At least 118 Palestinians have been killed and 581 others injured in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, Al Jazeera reports, citing the enclave’s health ministry.

That includes 12 people killed and 49 injured at the US and Israeli-backed aid centres, it added, raising the total number of aid seekers killed to 652. More than 4,537 others have been injured since the new mechanism came into force on May 27, the ministry said.

Israel’s military campaign on Gaza has killed 57,130 Palestinians and injured 135,173 others since October 7, 2023, the statement published on Telegram said.

 Mourners carry the bodies of Palestinians were killed in an overnight Israeli strike on a tent, outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip on July 3, 2025. — Reuters/Hatem Khaled
Mourners carry the bodies of Palestinians were killed in an overnight Israeli strike on a tent, outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip on July 3, 2025. — Reuters/Hatem Khaled

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