The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 41,272, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Wednesday. During the past 24 hours, the Israeli military killed 20 people and wounded 54 others,

There were also about 3,000 people injured in the device explosions. Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Egypt for fresh talks on an Israel-Hamas cease-fire, as tensions with Hezbollah persist at the Israel-Lebanon border in the wake of the shocking explosions of wireless devices.

The attacks in southern Lebanon follow others on Hezbollah rocket launchers and infrastructure, after Hezbollah vowed to respond to detonations of pagers and radios.