CAIRO (Reuters) – About 18,000 Palestinians have been killed and 49,500 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, the Gaza health ministry spokesman said on Sunday.
The spokesman, Ashraf Al-Qidra, also told Al Jazeera television in a telephone interview that the toll included 297 people killed and more than 550 wounded in the last 24 hours.
(Reporting by Ahmed Tolba, writing by Hatem Maher, Editing by Louise Heavens)