493 Palestinians killed, 2,751 wounded in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Strip (9)

People gather near a destroyed building following an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah on Oct. 9, 2023. At least 493 Palestinians have been killed and 2,751 others wounded in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, the Hamas-run health ministry said on Monday. At least 800 people have been killed in the mass assault launched by the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Israel, Israel's state-owned Kan TV news reported on Monday. (Photo by Khaled Omar/Xinhua)