Gaza: Death toll passes 10,000 after a month of war

The number of deaths among the besieged Gaza Strip The number already exceeds 10,000 and the number of injured exceeds 25,400when it is fulfilled a month since the outbreak of war between Israel and the Islamic militias led by Hamas.

The deaths confirmed so far are 10,022 – more than 70% are women, children and the elderly –in addition to more than 25,400 injured, according to the latest data released by the Gaza Ministry of Health, controlled by the political arm of Hamas.

Among the fatalities 2,641 are women and 4,104 are children. The ministry reported that 252 people were killed in the past 24 hours in the Israeli bombing of the enclave, which included 18 attacks, hitting several hospitals.

For his part, the army Israeli announced that he had killed a suspected Hamas commander, whom he identified as Wael Asefa, commander of the Deir al Balah battalion, and who again located weapons from the Islamist group’s armed wing in civilian facilities.

“Asefa, together with other commanders of the Central Camp Brigade, was responsible for sending Hamas ‘Nukhba’ terrorists into Israeli territory during the barbaric massacre of October 7. After the massacre, he planned further terrorist attacks,” a military statement said.

Hamas’s armed wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, announced the destruction of six Israeli tanks in clashes with the army in northern Gaza City.

The Israeli army reopens a corridor in Gaza

In the midst of the fighting, the Israeli army opened a secure corridor between 10 a.m. local time and 2 p.m. (8 a.m. – 12 p.m. GMT) on Salah al Din road for the third day in a row. which closely connects the northern and southern headlands.

What is Hamas? the group that seized power in the Gaza Strip since 2007

“Following repeated calls from the military for residents of Gaza City to evacuate the area (…), the Israeli army has reopened an evacuation corridor to allow civilians in the northern Gaza Strip to move south for their own safety,” said a soldier. rack.

Several thousand people have used this corridor to escape the ongoing attacks on the north of the Strip. They are already in a safe area and have reported that the Israeli army has installed a security post at the entrance to the road, guarded by four tanks. According to several displaced people, once there they have to look at a camera to undergo a facial recognition process.

They also claim that they were made to wait with their arms raised before the security checkpoint, that they were not allowed to cross with their personal belongings, and some of them even complained of being insulted and humiliated by the soldiers.

It also reopened this Monday the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip to allow the departure of half a thousand foreigners, including 55 Egyptians.

According to witnesses and media, more than a thousand people have crossed the pass since it was opened for that purpose last week, thanks to an agreement between Egypt and Israel brokered by Qatar and the United States.

“Israel has no plan for Gaza before the end of the war,” experts warn

The Palestinian Health Ministry reported that 17 patients seriously injured in the attacks were also granted access.

Israel sues the UN Secretary General

Also today, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen responded to UN Secretary General António Guterres’ speech in which he said that all sides in the Gaza war are committing “clear violations of international humanitarian law,” where he assured that you are ashamed of these statements.

‘You should be ashamed of yourself, António Guterres! “More than 30 minors – including a nine-month-old baby, as well as toddlers and children who witnessed the cold-blooded murder of their parents – are being held against their will in the Gaza Strip.” Cohen wrote on the social network X (formerly Twitter).

Furthermore, the minister emphasized that “Hamas is the problem in Gaza, and not Israel’s actions to eliminate this terrorist organization.”

During his speech, Guterres assured that while the Israeli army “continues to bomb and beat civilians, hospitals, refugee camps, mosques, churches and UN buildings,” Hamas “uses civilians as human shields and continues to fire rockets.” Israel.”

“The way forward is clear: a humanitarian ceasefire. Now,” the Portuguese diplomat claimed. (JO)