The Hamas-run ministry said the death toll has climbed to 60,034, with 145,870 others wounded. The deaths include 18,592 children and 9,782 women.

Israeli strikes and gunfire in the Gaza Strip have killed at least 46 Palestinians overnight into Wednesday morning, most of them among crowds seeking food, hospitals said. The dead include more than 30 people who were seeking humanitarian aid, according to a hospital that treated dozens of wounded people.