Gaza, Sep 7 (UNI) The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 40,939, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Saturday.
During the past 48 hours, the Israeli military killed 61 people and wounded 162 others, bringing the total death toll to 40,939 and injuries to 94,616 since the Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke out last October, it added.
On Saturday, eight people were killed and 15 others injured in the Israeli targeting of the Halima al-Sa'diyya school in the Jabalia area of northern Gaza, the Palestinian official news agency WAFA reported.