BEIRUT, April 15. /TASS/. At least 33,797 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the Israeli-Palestinian conflict escalated on October 7, 2023, the enclave’s Health Ministry said.

According to the ministry, 76,465 people have suffered injuries in Gaza.

As many as 68 people were killed and another 94 hospitalized in the enclave in the past day.

Tensions in the Middle East flared up again on October 7, 2023, after militants from the radical Palestinian group Hamas launched a surprise incursion into Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip, killing residents of border communities and taking people hostage. In response, Israel announced a total blockade of Gaza, started carrying out strikes on targets in the Strip and certain areas of Lebanon and Syria and also launched a ground operation in the enclave.