More than 20,250 dead and 53,600 injured in the Gaza Strip

More than 20,250 dead and 53,600 injured in the Gaza Strip

The number of victims in the Gaza Strip rose to 20,258 dead and 53,688 injured since the war broke out on October 7 between the Islamist group Hamas and IsraelThe health authorities of the Palestinian enclave reported this Saturday.

The Ministry of Health of the Strip, controlled by Hamas, updated the figures after registering 201 deaths and 368 wounded during the last 24 hours due to attacks by the Israeli Army, which has maintained an air, land and sea offensive on the Palestinian enclave since The war began on October 7, after an attack by the Islamist group that left some 1,200 dead and 250 kidnapped.

The Israeli Army carried out a series of airstrikes this Saturday on the Al Bureij refugee camp, located in the center of the Gaza Strip, and on the Jabalia refugee camp, in the north, the official Palestinian news agency reported. , Wafa.

Among the dead in Al Bureij was a girl, while in Jabalia dozens of civilians were killed in an attack on a home, and ambulances struggled to access the wounded due to continued shelling and gunfire, he added.

Hamas militants “have been waging fierce armed clashes since yesterday with enemy forces that entered the Jabalia area, using anti-tank rocket launchers and anti-personnel bombs, killing and wounding a large number of Zionist soldiers,” the report said. Islamist group in a statement.

Israel reported this Saturday that it launched a series of attacks against Hamas in its goal of achieving full control of northern Gaza.

On the other hand, the eastern regions of Deir al Balah, in central Gaza, as well as the Nuseirat refugee camp, suffered artillery attacks that caused the death and injury of dozens of civilians, while in Khan Younis, a stronghold of Hamasyes In the south of the Palestinian enclave, there were airstrikes while tanks continue to lay siege to the city, preventing ambulances from reaching the wounded and making it difficult to recover the bodies, Wafa said.

The war has left 1.9 million displaced people in the Strip – almost the entire population – who are experiencing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis due to the shortage of drinking water, food, medicine, electricity and fuel, in addition to the collapse of hospitals and the outbreak of epidemics in the middle of winter.

Source: Gestion

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