<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks surged to 21,320 since Oct. 7, the Health Ministry in the enclave said Thursday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>In a statement, ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said that 55,603 other people had been injured in the Israeli onslaught.</div><div><br></div><div>“At least 210 people were killed and 360 others injured in the last 24 hours,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>The spokesman said that 312 medics were killed and 104 ambulances destroyed in Israeli attacks, while 23 hospitals and 142 health care centers were forced out of service.</div><div><br></div><div>Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip since a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7, leaving it in ruins, with half of the coastal territory's housing damaged or destroyed and nearly 2 million people displaced within the densely populated enclave amid acute shortages of food and clean water, reports&nbsp;</div><div>Anadolu Agency.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, around 1,200 Israelis are believed to have been killed in the Hamas attack.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>