A journalist was killed in Gaza, raising the toll of dead journalists to 256.

The government media office in the Gaza Strip announced today, Wednesday, the martyrdom of a journalist due to the escalating violations of the occupation and its heavy airstrikes in recent hours, raising the total number of martyr journalists to 256.

The media office noted in a statement that journalist Muhammad Al-Munirawi, who works for Palestine Newspaper, was martyred due to the occupation's airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of martyr journalists to 256 since the beginning of the genocide against the region.

The office condemned in the strongest terms the targeting, killing, and assassination of Palestinian journalists by the occupation in a systematic manner, calling on the International Federation of Journalists, the Arab Journalists Union, and all journalistic bodies in all countries of the world to condemn these systematic crimes against Palestinian journalists and media personnel in Gaza.

The Israeli occupation, the U.S. administration, and the countries participating in the genocide, such as the United Kingdom, Germany, and France, were held fully responsible for committing these heinous and brutal crimes.

For its part, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that the toll of martyrs and injuries received by the hospitals in the region since the escalation last night until now has reached 104 martyrs, including 46 children and 20 women, along with 253 injuries, of which 78 are children and 84 are women.

The ministry indicated in a statement that since the ceasefire on October 11, the number of martyrs has reached 211 and the injured 597, in addition to the recovery of about 482 martyrs from under the rubble.

It mentioned that since the beginning of the genocide committed by the occupation army in the Gaza Strip for two years, the number of martyrs has reached 68,643 Palestinians, along with 170,655 citizens injured.