The dead in the Gaza Strip they already exceed 10,000 when it has been a month since the war between Israel and the Islamist militias of the enclave, led by Hamas.
The confirmed deaths 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. Among the fatalities, 4,104 are children – a child dies every ten minutes – and 2,641 are women, ministry spokesman Ashraf al Qudra revealed at a press conference.
The ministry reported that in the last 24 hours 252 people have died in the Israeli bombings on the enclave in 18 attacks, which affected several hospitals and their surroundings, such as Al Shifa, the largest in the Strip. According to residents in the enclave, it was one of the worst nights of israeli bombings since the war started.
At least 8 people were killed in attacks on a hospital complex in Gaza City, home to the Strip’s only psychiatric hospital, an eye center and the Rantisi pediatric hospital.
The Gazan spokesman recalled that 192 medical personnel have died since the war began a month ago and that 32 ambulances were destroyed, while 16 hospitals are now out of service. The Hamas-controlled ministry also accused Israel of attacking the bakeries where people queue to buy food, which further aggravates the food crisis.
Five dead in the West Bank
In the Occupied West BankPalestinian authorities reported this Monday that Israeli forces have killed five people, four of them in Tulkaremin the northwest, and another in Halhoul, a town near Hebron, in the south. Since the start of the current escalation, more than 150 Palestinians have been shot dead by Israeli soldiers or settlers in the West Bank.
And in Jerusalem, an Israeli Border Police agent died after being stabbed in the east of the city by a 16-year-old Palestinian who was shot dead by other agents who were there.
At the diplomatic level, the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, pledged to do everything possible to increase humanitarian access to Gaza and prevent the killing of civilians. This is what Blinken told the press after meeting in Ankara with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, on the last leg of the American’s new tour to Tel Aviv, Amman, Cyprus and Baghdad.
“We have convinced the Israelis that they can take steps that minimize civilian deaths,” said Blinken, before assuring that “in the coming days” aid “may increase significantly” and insisting on the need for a “pause.” humanitarian” which, in his opinion, would also benefit those kidnapped by Hamas.
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The war between Israel and the Gaza militias marks one month this Tuesday after the brutal attack by Hamas on Israeli soil on October 7, which left more than 1,400 dead and 240 kidnapped.