Gaza's death toll hits 65,549 with 167,518 wounded

Gaza’s Health Ministry reported Friday that 47 people were killed and 142 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.

The ministry also reported that five people among the casualties were killed while waiting for aid, with 33 others wounded.

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Hospitals in Gaza remain on the brink of collapse as fuel and essential supplies, including blood, grow increasingly scarce, the ministry warned. 

The enclave’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).