<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has surged to 20,674, the Health Ministry in the territory said Monday.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra also said that 54,536 people had been injured in the months-long offensive.</div><div><br></div><div>Israel continues to bombard the Gaza Strip from the air and land in retaliation for an Oct. 7 cross-border attack by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas.</div><div><br></div><div>Around 1,200 Israelis are believed to have been killed in the Hamas attack.</div><div><br></div><div>The Israeli onslaught has left Gaza in ruins, with half of the coastal territory's housing damaged or destroyed and nearly 2 million people displaced within the densely populated enclave, with shortages of food and clean water endemic. - Anadolu Agency&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>