Death toll in Taraba terror attack rises to 40

The death toll from Israeli bombardments in Gaza has risen to seven. According to Middle East Eye, a drone strike in the al-Mazraa area east of Deir el-Balah killed two Palestinians and left several others critically wounded. Earlier strikes killed five Palestinians, including two in Khan Younis and three near the Islamic University campus in northern Gaza City. Middle East Eye also reported that Israeli forces shot a Palestinian in the foot in the al-Faluja area of northern Gaza.

Dawn reports that an Israeli strike on a university in Gaza City killed three people on Sunday, according to staff and a local hospital. Al Shifa Hospital stated it received three bodies and treated eight wounded people following the Gaza City drone strike, while sources at the Islamic University identified the deceased as administrative staff and the injured as students.

Gaza’s education ministry noted that the students were present for classes and stated that 95 percent of academic buildings have been damaged due to the war.

Additionally, Dawn reported that Gaza’s civil defence agency recorded four other deaths on Sunday: two in an airstrike in Khan Yunis, one in central Deir al Balah, and one in the north. Haaretz reports that since the truce was announced in October of last year, Israeli fire has killed 1,554 Palestinians and wounded 5,573 in Gaza.

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