Gaza: Up to 40,265 Palestinians killed by Israel
Smoke after the Zionist Shellings in Gaza Strip, Aug 2024 Photo: Middle East Eye
August 22, 2024 Hour: 5:22 pm
Since 7 October, the attacks of the Israeli occupation army have killed 40,265 Palestinians and injured 93,144.
The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip reported that 42 people were killed and 163 injured in the last 24 hours as a result of Israeli occupation attacks.
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The Deputy Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Abdul Latif al Haj, said that the situation in Gaza is critical.
He also pointed out that a large number of Palestinians need between three and four operations resulting from the Israeli aggression, which would add up to about half a million surgeries.
Al Haj reported that the health system in Gaza has lost more than 70 percent of its capacity due to the continued and deliberate attacks by the Zionist entity on hospitals and medical centers.
The Israeli occupation has intensified its shelling in recent hours in the centre and south of the enclave, leaving 20 people killed in one attack.
The Zionist entity also bombed a family residence in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahia on Wednesday night, killing 11 people, mostly women and children.
Meanwhile, in another assault on an apartment building at the Yabalia refugee camp, Civil Defence rescue teams dug up three bodies.
The Health Ministry reiterated that the Zionist entity continues to hinder the work of rescue teams, who try to access bodies trapped under the rubble and scattered on the roads
Autor: OSG
Fuente: EFE-WAFA
