The health ministry in Gaza has reported that at least 34,262 people have been killed in the territory during more than six months of fighting between Israel and Hamas, Reuters reports.
The tally includes at least 79 deaths in the past 24 hours, a ministry statement said, adding that 77,229 people have been wounded in the Gaza Strip since October 7.
A World Food Programme (WFP) official has said the Gaza Strip could surpass famine thresholds of food insecurity, malnutrition and mortality in six weeks, Reuters reports.
“We are getting closer by the day to a famine situation,” said Gian Caro Cirri, Geneva director of the WFP.
“There is reasonable evidence that all three famine thresholds — food insecurity, malnutrition and mortality — will be passed in the next six weeks.”
