The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on Wednesday that at least 830 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory since Israel resumed large-scale strikes on March 18.
According to the ministry's statement, the figure included 38 people killed in the past 24 hours. It also reported that the overall death toll had reached 50,183 since the war began on October 7, 2023.
Israel restarted intense air strikes across the densely populated Gaza Strip last week followed by ground operations, shattering the relative calm afforded by a January ceasefire with Hamas.
Since Israel resumed its military operations in Gaza, at least 830 Palestinians have been killed, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory.
Israel's military offensive since October 7, 2023 has killed at least 50,183 people in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to the health ministry.
Palestinian resistance group Hamas said in a statement on Wednesday that it was "doing everything possible to keep the occupation's captives alive, but the random Zionist (Israeli) bombardment is endangering their lives."
"Every time the occupation attempts to retrieve its captives by force, it ends up bringing them back in coffins," it said.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Wednesday that Israel would intensify its pressure on Hamas if the Palestinian resistance group refused to release hostages still held in Gaza.
"The more Hamas persists in its refusal to release our hostages, the stronger the pressure we will exert," Netanyahu told parliament. "I say this to my colleagues in the Knesset, and I say it to Hamas as well: This includes the seizure of territories, along with other measures I will not elaborate here," he said.
