At least 55,706 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's genocidal war in the Gaza Strip since October 2023, the Health Ministry said on Thursday. A ministry statement said that 69 bodies were brought to hospitals in the last 24 hours, while 221 people were injured, taking the total number of injuries in the Israeli onslaught to 130,101.

At least 51 Palestinians were killed and over 200 wounded in the Gaza Strip while waiting for U.N. and commercial trucks to enter the territory with desperately needed food, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry and a local hospital.

It is potentially the deadliest of the almost daily shootings that have been taking place recently near aid distribution sites.