At least 67,160 people have been killed and 169,679 wounded by Israeli attacks across Gaza since October 2023, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, according to a report by Al Jazeera earlier on Monday.

It added that 21 Palestinians were killed and 96 wounded in the last 24 hours.

The rise in the death toll comes as delegations from Israeli regime and Hamas are set to discuss a plan to end the war in Gaza.

According to Al Jazeera’s report, Khalil al-Hayya, who recently survived an Israeli assassination attempt by Israel in Qatar and is Hamas’s most senior member outside of Gaza, will be leading the group’s delegation.

The meeting takes place after Hamas agreed to certain provisions of the US proposal but asked for more negotiations,

The Palestinian movement did not commit to disarming, which is one of the points in Trump’s plan.