Number of Gazans Martyred in Ongoing Israeli Aggression Exceeds 19,400
Ashraf al-Qudra, a spokesman for the Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip, said on Monday that the Zionist regime’s attacks on the coastal enclave, launched on October 7, have killed 19,453 people and wounded 52,286 others so far, al-Mayadeen reported.
He added that over the past 24 hours alone, the occupation regime has committed 16 war crimes in Gaza.
The spokesman stressed the need for providing medical care to the wounded outside of the enclave, calling on related organizations to help take some 5,000 of the wounded outside Gaza for medical treatment.
He added that as a result of Israeli attacks, the health and medical situation in the Gaza Strip is catastrophic.
Al-Qudra also called on international bodies to provide medicine and fuel needed for running hospitals in the besieged region.
Earlier, the health ministry in Gaza said some 70 percent of those martyred in Israeli attacks are women and children.
It further noted that only eight out of 36 Gaza hospitals are partially functional, and that occupancy rates have soared to 206 percent in inpatient departments and 250 percent in intensive care units.
The Israeli military has attacked Gaza hospitals and killed many Palestinians there in violation of international law.
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The regime’s army has alleged that medical facilities in the Gaza Strip are being used as a command and control center by the Palestinian Hamas resistance group, but it has provided no proof to substantiate its claim.
Meanwhile, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on Monday that the Israeli regime’s war on Gaza has displaced some 1.9 million people in the region.
It said some 1.2 million of those displaced are currently taking shelter in 154 centers run by UNRWA across the Gaza Strip.
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