CAIRO, January 22. /TASS/. Palestinian doctors found 53 bodies in Gaza over the past day, the Gazan Health Ministry said.
"Over the past 24 hours, the bodies of 53 Palestinians were taken to hospitals in Gaza, and another person died of previously inflicted wounds. Nineteen people sustained injuries over the past day," it wrote on Telegram.
According to the ministry, updated data show that 47,161 people have been killed in Gaza since October 2023, while another 111,166 have suffered injuries.
The situation in the Middle East sharply escalated following an incursion of Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip into Israel on October 7, accompanied by killings of residents of Israeli settlements near the border and taking hostages. Hamas regards the attack as a response to Israeli actions against the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Israel declared a complete siege of the Gaza Strip and started delivering strikes on that area and parts of Lebanon and Syria. That was followed by an Israeli ground operation in the enclave.
Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said on January 15 that Egypt, Qatar and the US brokered a deal between Israel and Hamas to hold a ceasefire in Gaza and release hostages from the enclave. The agreement came into force on January 19.