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Number of Palestinians Killed in Gaza Rises to 10,818

This picture taken on November 9, 2023 from a position along the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel, shows a view of destroyed buildings in Gaza amid ongoing battles between Israeli forces and Hamas. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
This picture taken on November 9, 2023 from a position along the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel, shows a view of destroyed buildings in Gaza amid ongoing battles between Israeli forces and Hamas. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
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Number of Palestinians Killed in Gaza Rises to 10,818

This picture taken on November 9, 2023 from a position along the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel, shows a view of destroyed buildings in Gaza amid ongoing battles between Israeli forces and Hamas. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
This picture taken on November 9, 2023 from a position along the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel, shows a view of destroyed buildings in Gaza amid ongoing battles between Israeli forces and Hamas. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)

The Hamas-run Health Ministry said Thursday the number of Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip has risen to 10,818.

In its latest update, the ministry said the figure includes 4,412 children and 2,198 women. The vast majority have been killed in Israeli airstrikes that have pounded the enclave following Hamas’ assault on Israel on Oct. 7.

An additional 26,905 Palestinians in Gaza have been injured.

Also Thursday, the World Health Organization cautioned about infectious diseases spreading in Gaza from contaminated water and limited access to hygiene facilities.
WHO reported that since mid-October 2023, over half of the 33,551 reported cases of diarrhea are among children under age five.
The organization said that's a significant increase compared to an average of 2,000 cases monthly in children under five throughout 2021 and 2022.
Also reported where 8,944 cases of scabies and lice, 1,005 cases of chickenpox, 12,635 cases of skin rash and 54,866 cases of upper respiratory infections.

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Kremlin Says It Wants Syria to Swiftly Restore Order after Opposition Attack

Fighters take over the district of Khan al-Assal following fierce fighting between Syrian government forces and opposition forces along with their Turkish-backed allies in the northern Syrian Aleppo province, on November 29, 2024. (Photo by Aaref WATAD / AFP)
Fighters take over the district of Khan al-Assal following fierce fighting between Syrian government forces and opposition forces along with their Turkish-backed allies in the northern Syrian Aleppo province, on November 29, 2024. (Photo by Aaref WATAD / AFP)
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Kremlin Says It Wants Syria to Swiftly Restore Order after Opposition Attack

Fighters take over the district of Khan al-Assal following fierce fighting between Syrian government forces and opposition forces along with their Turkish-backed allies in the northern Syrian Aleppo province, on November 29, 2024. (Photo by Aaref WATAD / AFP)
Fighters take over the district of Khan al-Assal following fierce fighting between Syrian government forces and opposition forces along with their Turkish-backed allies in the northern Syrian Aleppo province, on November 29, 2024. (Photo by Aaref WATAD / AFP)

The Kremlin said on Friday it wanted the Syrian government to restore constitutional order in the Aleppo region as soon as possible after an insurgent offensive there that captured territory for the first time in years.
Russia, a staunch ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, intervened militarily on Assad's side against insurgents in 2015 in its biggest foray in the Middle East since the Soviet Union's collapse, and maintains an airbase and naval facility in Syria.
Opposition led Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group launched an incursion on Wednesday into a dozen towns and villages in the northwestern province of Aleppo, which is controlled by Assad's forces.
It was the first such territorial advance since March 2020 when Russia and Türkiye, which supports the opposition, agreed to a ceasefire that led to the halting of military action in Syria's last major opposition stronghold in the northwest.
Russian and Syrian warplanes bombed an opposition-held area near the border with Türkiye on Thursday to try to push back the insurgents, Syrian army and opposition sources said.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow regarded the attack as a violation of Syria's sovereignty and wanted the authorities to act fast to regain control.
"As for the situation around Aleppo, it is an attack on Syrian sovereignty and we are in favor of the Syrian authorities bringing order to the area and restoring constitutional order as soon as possible," said Peskov.
Asked about unconfirmed Russian Telegram reports that Assad had flown into Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Peskov said he had "nothing to say" on the matter.