At least 79 Palestinians were killed and 211 others were injured in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours as a result of the ongoing Israeli genocide in the region, according to medical sources.

Local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 2023 has risen to 53,901 fatalities, with an additional 122,593 people sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

According to the same sources quoted by WAFA, the death toll since Israel’s resumption of the genocide on March 18 after a two-month truce has also climbed to 3,747, in addition to 10,552 others injured.

Dr. Alaa Najjar, a children’s doctor at Nasser Hospital, was on duty when an airstrike hit her home in Khan Younis. She rushed back to find her house on fire, as told by Dr. Ahmad al-Farra, the head of the hospital’s children’s department.

Dr. Farra said that Dr. Najjar’s husband was badly injured, and their only surviving child, an 11-year-old boy, was in critical condition. The children who died were between seven months and 12 years old. According to Khalil Al-Dokran, a spokesperson for Gaza’s Health Ministry, two of the children were still buried under the rubble.