DUBAI, Jan 19 (Reuters) - A total of 24,762 Palestinians have been killed and 62,108 have been injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct. 7, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Friday.

Some 142 Palestinians were killed and 278 injured in the past 24 hours, the ministry added. (Reporting by Tala Ramadan and Nayera Abdallah; Editing by Nadine Awadalla)