As the eighth day of Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip comes to a close, the Palestinian Health Ministry raised the death toll to 2,329 due to Israeli airstrikes on Gaza.
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At least 9,042 people have also been injured in retaliation for the military actions of the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, against Israel on October 7.
A previous report from the Gaza Health Ministry indicated that 724 children and 458 women have lost their lives due to Israeli attacks on the Palestinian territory. Among the injured are 2,450 children and 1,536 women.
Over the past 24 hours, at least 300 people have lost their lives due to the Israeli military operation. Palestinian media reported early Sunday that Israeli forces entered the city of Hebron in the West Bank.
The text reads, "Images taken by Anadolu once again demonstrate Israel's use of phosphorus bombs. Amnesty International has documented the use of white phosphorus shells by the Israeli army in Gaza, including photographs taken by Anadolu."
In the midst of the incursion, Israeli soldiers abducted two Palestinians in the Al-Jalazoun refugee camp in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
On Saturday, Israel gave over a million Palestinians a new deadline to evacuate the Gaza Strip before launching an offensive in the northeastern part of the territory.
On Friday, the Israeli army urged Palestinian residents to leave their homes and move to the southern border of the Gaza Strip. Human rights defenders have expressed concern about the forced displacement of thousands of people due to Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip.
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the forced evacuation of around 2,000 patients to overwhelmed facilities in southern Gaza could be "the equivalent of a death sentence."