Gaza’s death toll hits 65,344

Gaza’s Health Ministry reported Monday that 61 people were killed and 220 others injured in the past 24 hours. 

Many victims remain trapped under rubble or in the streets, as medical and civil defense teams struggle to reach them.

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The ministry also reported that 23 people were wounded while waiting for aid. 

The strip’s 2.4 million residents have been under a complete border siege since March 2, a measure that has pushed northern Gaza into confirmed famine, with expectations that it will spread southward by the end of September, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC).