Sixty one Palestinians were martyred in Israeli bombardment on different areas of Gaza enclave during the last twenty four hours.

The territory’s health ministry said 12 members of the same family, whose house in Deir al-Balah was hit, were among those killed overnight.

The martyrdom toll of Palestinians in Israeli aggression during the last five months has now risen to over thirty one thousand and six hundred.

Meanwhile, the head of the UN’s World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has appealed to Israel in the name of humanity not to launch an assault on Rafah.

He said Palestinians do not have anywhere safe to move to and this humanitarian catastrophe must not be allowed to worsen.