The dead in the Gaza Strip by the Israeli offensive exceed 20,000 – including more than 8,000 children – in 75 days of war, reported the media office of the government of the enclave, controlled by the Islamist group. Hamas.
Additionally, an estimated 6,700 bodies remain trapped under the rubble – the 70% civilians – which would raise the death toll even further, and more than 52,600 people are injured.
Among the dead, 8,000 are children, 6,200 women, 310 medical personnel and 97 journalists, according to the count of the Gaza Ministry of Health, controlled by Hamas.
“The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is more catastrophic and heading towards the abyss due to the genocidal war of the occupation army, especially since more than 1.9 million people are displaced from their homes, in humanitarian conditions of misery. without precedents”denounced the Hamas government.
The Ministry denounced that Israel has committed more than 1,700 massacres since the war began on October 7, attacking and putting out of service 23 hospitals and 140 health centers, in addition to 102 ambulances.
In addition, 126 government headquarters have been destroyed, 90 schools and universities have been completely out of service, 283 educational centers partially damaged; while more than 300 mosques have been totally or partially demolished, as well as 3 churches.
In all these public buildings, thousands of people displaced by violence took refuge.
As for housing, the bombs have completely destroyed 53,000 residential units and 255,000 partially.
Hamas also stated that, given this situation, the humanitarian aid that arrives in dribs and drabs does not even cover the 2% of the enclave’s needs, since they need at least 1,000 trucks a day of food, medicine, drinking water and other aid, as well as a million liters of fuel a day.
The Gaza Strip today suffers a new communications blackout, without telephone or internet, the sixth since Israel’s ground offensive began on October 27.
Source: Gestion
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