People look at a vehicle destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Jan. 8, 2024. The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip exceeded 23,000, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said on Monday.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

A man walks among the rubble of destroyed buildings in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia, on Jan. 8, 2024. The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip exceeded 23,000, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said on Monday.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024 shows a shell in front of the rubble in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia. The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip exceeded 23,000, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said on Monday.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024 shows damaged buildings in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia. The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip exceeded 23,000, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said on Monday.(Photo: Xinhua)

 
The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip exceeded 23,000, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said on Monday.

The ministry said in a press statement that the Israeli army killed 249 Palestinians and wounded 510 others during the past 24 hours.

This brings the total number of deaths to 23,084 and injuries to 58,926 since the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out on Oct. 7, 2023, it noted.