Gaza, March 25 (QNA) - A Palestinian was martyred, and several others were injured on Wednesday in an Israeli strike targeting the central Gaza Strip.

Medical sources at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital reported that one person was killed and several others wounded after Israeli forces bombed a camp for displaced persons in the city of Deir Al Balah in central Gaza.

Israeli tanks also opened heavy fire south of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Strip.

Earlier today, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli offensive on the Strip had risen to 72,265, with 171,959 people injured. (QNA)