Israeli airstrikes continue across Gaza as death toll mounts

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen English
26 Apr 2025 15:30
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Gaza’s Health Ministry reports 56 martyrs and 108 injuries in 24 hours, raising the total death toll from Israeli aggression to 51,495 Palestinians, mostly women and children.

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Palestinian civil defense workers carry the remains of a person killed during an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Gaza City, on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP)

The Ministry of Health in Gaza has reported a significant rise in casualties from the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.

In the past 24 hours alone, Gaza hospitals received 56 martyrs, including seven whose bodies were retrieved, along with 108 injuries. The Ministry warned that numerous victims remain trapped under the rubble and along the roads, as ambulance and civil defense teams are unable to reach them due to the intensity of the attacks and destruction.

Here was a family preparing food. pic.twitter.com/Ugw9d2dgGC
— dr. mohammed hamad - Gaza (@Medo198518) April 25, 2025

The total number of martyrs since the start of the Israeli assault on October 7, 2023, has now reached 51,495, with 117,524 injuries recorded.

Since March 18, 2025, specifically, the Ministry has documented 2,111 martyrs and 5,483 injuries.

The humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate amid escalating violence and mounting civilian casualties.

Israeli strikes kill and injure civilians across Southern and Central Gaza

Israeli occupation forces have launched a series of deadly attacks across southern and central Gaza, resulting in multiple casualties among civilians, according to Al Mayadeen's correspondents.

In southern Gaza, two fishermen were injured by gunfire from Israeli warships off the coast of Khan Younis. Additionally, an Israeli drone strike wounded one person in the Armeida area, east of Khan Younis.

A more severe drone attack targeted a group of civilians in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis, leaving three martyrs and several others wounded. The Civil Defense in Gaza also reported eight injuries after Israeli forces shelled tents sheltering displaced persons in the same area. A fire caused by the bombing has since been contained.

In central Gaza, an Israeli drone strike hit Al-Maghazi refugee camp, with injuries reported. Another strike targeted a home near Al-Ansar Mosque in Al-Zawaida, resulting in one martyr. A separate airstrike on Al-Zawaida was also reported by Al Mayadeen’s correspondents.

Further south, an Israeli drone dropped bombs on a group of civilians north of Rafah city, adding to the mounting civilian toll.