GAZA, August 9, 2026 (WAFA) — Health authorities reported on Sunday that the death toll from Israel's ongoing aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 73,386, with 174,250 others injured, since October 7, 2023.

Hospitals across the enclave confirmed that they received two fatalities over the past 24 hours, including one person who succumbed to wounds sustained earlier, as well as eight injured people.

Medical sources added that the death toll since the ceasefire took effect on October 11, 2025, has reached 1,258, while the number of injuries has risen to 4,139. The number of bodies recovered from under the rubble since then has reached 807.

Meanwhile, a number of victims remain trapped under the rubble and on the roads, as ambulance and rescue teams remain unable to reach them, the sources reported. 

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