Health ministry in Gaza says death toll at 33,797

The number of Palestinians killed since Israel launched its attack six months ago reached 33,797, Gaza’s Health Ministry says.

Another 76,465 people have been wounded since October. In the past 24 hours, 68 Palestinians were killed and 94 injured, it said in a statement, Al Jazeera reports.

The casualty figures are likely much higher, with thousands feared buried in the debris of buildings collapsed by incessant Israeli strikes throughout the Gaza Strip.