Palestinians wounded in Israeli bombardment receive treatment at a hospital in Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Jan 11, 2024. (PHOTO / AP)

GAZA/AMMAN/BEIRUT - The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 23,469, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said on Thursday.

The Ministry Spokesperson Ashraf al-Qedra said in a press statement that the Israeli army killed 112 Palestinians and wounded 194 others during the past 24 hours.

According to Palestinian security sources, intense Israeli bombardment from the air, land and sea continued in most parts of the Gaza Strip, especially in the governorates of Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis

Al-Qedra added that since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas conflict, 59,604 Palestinians were wounded as a result of Israeli attacks, among whom 6,200 were in urgent need to receive treatment outside Gaza.

"The situation in hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip is extremely catastrophic as a result of overcrowding with the wounded and tens of thousands of displaced people," he noted.

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Al-Qedra called on UN institutions to intervene urgently "to provide water, food and shelter to the displaced before a catastrophe occurs, the consequences of which cannot be tolerated."

A man stands in a destroyed building after an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Jan 5, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

According to Palestinian security sources, intense Israeli bombardment from the air, land and sea continued in most parts of Gaza, especially in the governorates of Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis.

During a phone call from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, King Abdullah II of Jordan stressed the need for an immediate ceasefire and to ensure the sustainable delivery of aid, according to a statement by the Royal Hashemite Court.

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Meanwhile, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati urged an end to Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon during discussions with US envoy Amos Hochstein.

"We want peace and stability through adherence to international resolutions," Mikati told the Hochstein, who visited Lebanon on Thursday to address the escalating tensions between Hezbollah and Israel, according to a statement by the Lebanese Council of Ministers.