Gaza’s health ministry has said the bodies of 61 people, including two from earlier attacks, had arrived in hospitals across the Gaza Strip during the latest 24-hour reporting period. At least 35 were aid seekers, Al Jazeera reports.

An additional 363 people, including 304 aid seekers, were wounded, the ministry added.

The figures bring the overall number of people killed in Israeli attacks since the start of the bombardment to at least 61,430, with 153,213 wounded.

 Palestinians mourn over the shrouded bodies of loved ones killed the previous day while seeking aid near Zikim, west of Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on August 10, 2025. — AFP
Palestinians mourn over the shrouded bodies of loved ones killed the previous day while seeking aid near Zikim, west of Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on August 10, 2025. — AFP

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