Mourners react next to the bodies of Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 24, 2024. (PHOTO / REUTERS)

GAZA - The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 32,226, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said in a press statement on Sunday.

During the past 24 hours, the Israeli army killed 84 Palestinians and wounded 104 others, bringing the total death toll to 32,226 and injuries to 74,518 since the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out on Oct 7, 2023, according to the ministry.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army launched air and ground attacks on various areas in the Gaza Strip in the past hours, resulting in deaths and injuries, according to local sources and eyewitnesses.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a brief statement that Israeli army forces "suddenly surrounded both Al-Amal and Nasser Hospital amid very violent bombardment and heavy gunfire"

The sources told Xinhua that eight Palestinians were killed and dozens were injured in a raid that targeted a house in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. The wounded have been transferred to the Al-Aqsa Hospital in the same city.

Israeli artillery also bombed areas southeast of the city of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, wounding a number of people, according to the sources.

Meanwhile, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, the Israeli army on Sunday surrounded two hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip amid shelling and gunfire.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a brief statement that Israeli army forces "suddenly surrounded both Al-Amal and Nasser Hospital amid very violent bombardment and heavy gunfire".

The statement added that "military vehicles are surrounding the two hospitals and are carrying out extensive leveling operations in their surroundings", noting that all medical teams are under "extreme danger and cannot move at all".

A man carries a child injured in Israeli bombardment, at a hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 24, 2024. (PHOTO / AFP)

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli army.

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned in a statement against committing "massacres" in Nasser and Al-Amal Hospitals in Khan Younis.

The statement said that the Israeli army began a "violent attack towards Nasser and Al-Amal and their surroundings, explicitly and publicly targeting medical personnel, displaced people, and patients present there".

The Israeli army said in a press statement that a 21-year-old soldier was killed in the battles in the Shifa complex, bringing the death toll in the ground operation in Gaza to 251

Last month, the Israeli army carried out a 10-day military operation in the Nasser Hospital with displaced people and patients housed, leading to the arrests of about 200 alleged suspects in Hamas activities.

It bombed and destroyed buildings and various sections of the hospital, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza.

In addition, the Israeli army continues its military operation in the Al-Shifa Medical Complex, west of the city, for the 7th day in a row. As a result, patients and displaced people suffer from a lack of health services, food, and water.

Palestinians inspect the damage of residential buildings after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, March 24, 2024. (PHOTO / AP)

The Israeli army said in a press statement that a 21-year-old soldier was killed in the battles in the Shifa complex, bringing the death toll in the ground operation in Gaza to 251.

The recent operation began early Monday, with the Israeli forces attacking the compound in Gaza City with tanks and airstrikes.

Israel has been launching a large-scale offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip to retaliate against a Hamas rampage through the southern Israeli border on Oct 7, 2023, during which about 1,200 people were killed and more than 200 were taken hostage.