GAZA CITY, Palestine 

Another Palestinian journalist was killed by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip, local authorities said on Monday.

In a statement, the Gaza-based Government Media Office mourned journalist Ali Tuaima, who was killed by the Israeli army, but did not specify where he was killed in Gaza.

The statement urged the international community and international press groups to deter Israel and prosecute it before the international courts for crimes committed against Palestinians, and journalists in particular.

Tuaima's death brings the death toll among journalists in Gaza killed by Israel since Oct. 7 to 171, the Government Media Office noted.

Israel has continued its brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip following an attack by the Palestinian group Hamas last Oct. 7, despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire.

The onslaught has resulted in over 40,400 Palestinian deaths, mostly women and children, and over 93,500 injuries, according to local health authorities.

An ongoing blockade of Gaza has led to severe shortages of food, clean water and medicine, leaving much of the region in ruins.

Israel faces accusations of genocide at the International Court of Justice, which has ordered a halt to military operations in the southern city of Rafah, where over one million Palestinians had sought refuge before the area was invaded on May 6.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar