Israeli strikes have killed 17,177 Palestinians in Gaza since October 7 and 350 people have died in the past 24 hours, Gaza’s Health Ministry said yesterday, adding health services were barely functioning in the northern half of the besieged enclave. Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al Qidra spoke in a brief news conference from Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza. He said the ministry was urgently trying to reopen Al Shifa Hospital, the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip, located in Gaza City. More than 36 health workers remain in detention after being arrested by Israeli forces during the twomonth-old war, including the director of Shifa, he said.
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