More than 36,379 Palestinians have been confirmed killed and 82,407 have been injured in the Israeli military offensive in Gaza since October 7, the health ministry has said in a statement, Reuters reports.
Some 95 Palestinians were killed and 350 injured in the past 24 hours, the ministry added. The ministry says thousands of other dead are most likely lost in the rubble of the enclave.
Israel’s opposition leader has urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to heed US President Joe Biden’s call for a Gaza truce under which Hamas would free hostages, and offered to support the government should far-right coalition partners bolt.
“The government of Israel cannot ignore President Biden’s consequential speech. There is a deal on the table and it should made,” Yair Lapid said in an X post.
“I remind Netanyahu that he has a safety net from us for a hostage-release deal if [Itamar] Ben-Gvir and [Bezalel] Smotrich leave the government.”
