GAZA /RAMALLAH - Medical sources at the Gaza-based health authorities said on Sunday that the total death toll from the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza since Oct 7, 2023, has surpassed 73,000.

The sources told Xinhua that the overall death toll has continued to rise amid ongoing Israeli military operations across different areas of the Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, medical sources at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City reported receiving four dead and several wounded, some seriously, following an Israeli airstrike on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.

Eyewitnesses told Xinhua that an Israeli drone on Sunday fired at least one missile at a group of Palestinians near the Yemen Al-Saeed Hospital in the Jabalia camp.

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The Israeli military has not yet commented on the incident.

Palestinian presidential elections to be held in 2027

Also on Sunday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has announced that presidential elections would be held in 2027, the Palestinian official news agency WAFA reported.

Abbas also issued a presidential decree calling on Palestinians, both at home and in the diaspora, to participate in the Palestinian National Council elections scheduled for Nov 1 this year, WAFA reported.

According to WAFA, Abbas on Sunday issued a decree-law to enhance political participation and broaden democratic representation.

The new rule "increases the number of seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council to 200, lowers the electoral threshold for winning seats to 1 percent, and raises the minimum number of candidates on each electoral list from 16 to 20," WAFA reported.