GAZA, May 25 — The death toll from the Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip that ended on Friday has reached 253, reported Xinhua, quoting medics on Monday.
In an update on the death toll, the health ministry in Gaza said that 253 Palestinians were killed, including 66 children, 39 women and 17 elderly people, and 1,948 were injured, including 20 in critical conditions.
On Monday, the ministry said in a statement that two young men succumbed to their critical wounds as a result of the Israeli airstrikes, adding that the corpses of four Palestinians were retrieved from under building rubbles.
On Friday, Egypt brokered a ceasefire between Israel and groups led by the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip, ending 11 days of a tit-for-tat trade of fire between the two sides.
Meanwhile, the Hamas movement held a large popular rally in Gaza city to commemorate the Palestinians killed in the Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. Relatives and representatives of the Palestinian factions attended.
The Israeli measures in East Jerusalem, the clashes between the police and the worshipers at al-Aqsa Mosque and the decision to evict Palestinian families at Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in the city ignited the round of violence in Gaza.
— Bernama
