GAZA, Thursday, June 03, 2021 (WAFA) – A Palestinian injured in the recent Israeli onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip today succumbed to his wounds, bringing the death toll to 258.

Medical sources confirmed that Yahya Bassem al-‘Ajla, 24, succumbed to his serious wounds he sustained from Israeli bombardment of Ash-Shajaiya neighborhood of Gaza city.

Al-‘Ajla’s cousin, Majd, was also wounded in the shelling that targeted a commercial establishment in the neighborhood, remains hospitalized in serious condition.

The Health Ministry said the overall death toll of the 11-day Israeli onslaught reached 258, including 66 children, 39 women, and 17 elderly persons, and wounded over 8,900 others and caused large-scale destruction.

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