Gaza death toll nears 47,200 as 53 Palestinians’ bodies recovered from rubble

Palestinian medics recovered the bodies of 53 people from under the rubble in Gaza, pushing the overall death toll from Israel’s genocidal war on the enclave since October 2023 to 47,161, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.

A ministry statement said that 19 injured people were also admitted to hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the number of the injured to 111,166 in the Israeli onslaught.

“Many people are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” it added.

A ceasefire agreement took effect in Gaza on Jan. 19, halting Israel’s genocidal war on the enclave.

The Israeli onslaught has left more than 11,000 people missing, with widespread destruction and a humanitarian crisis that has claimed the lives of many elderly people and children in one of the worst global humanitarian disasters ever.