The death toll from the genocide in Gaza rises to 56,331.

The death toll from the genocidal war and aggression waged by the Israeli occupation forces on the Gaza Strip has risen to 56,331 dead and 132,632 wounded since October 7, 2023.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza reported on Friday that the death toll includes 6,008 dead and 20,591 injuries since March 18, when the occupation resumed its aggression on the Gaza Strip following the ceasefire agreement.

Over the past 24 hours, 72 dead and 174 wounded arrived at Gaza Strip hospitals as a result of the ongoing Israeli massacres and attacks.

It said that ambulance and civil defense crews were finding it difficult to reach the victims, as a large number of them were still buried under the rubble and debris, and on the roads.

14 civilians, including 5 children, were killed and others were injured as a result of Israeli occupation aircraft bombing the northern and southern Gaza Strip.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces committed a new massacre, killing at least eight civilians, including five children, after airstrikes on the Osama Bin Zaid School, which was sheltering displaced persons in the Saftawi area, northwest of Gaza City.

He said that specialized crews and citizens recovered a number of dead, including an infant, whose bodies were charred remains. The bombing also caused widespread destruction in the area.

Medical sources at Al-Awda Hospital reported that six people were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a group of civilians in the Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

This bombing comes hours after 10 civilians were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a gathering of civilians near Shaaban al-Rayyes School in the al-Tuffah neighborhood east of Gaza City. The victims were transferred to the Arab Baptist Hospital in the city.