The number of victims in the Gaza Strip due to the Israeli Army offensive increased to 21,822 dead and 56,451 wounded, most of them children and women, the Ministry of Health of the Palestinian enclave reported this Sunday, on the 86th day of war between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas.
“In the last 24 hours, the Israeli occupation committed 12 massacres against families in the Gaza Stripleaving 150 dead and 286 injured“, indicates a statement from the Ministry, controlled by Hamas.
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The devastated Palestinian enclave is experiencing the last day of 2023 immersed in the destruction of war, with more than 7,000 people missing under the rubble, which could further increase the number of victims.
During the night and early morning, Israeli bombardments fell on three mosques: those of Al Muhajirin and Al Sahabain the refugee camp of Al Maghaziand of Al Furqan in the city of Deir al Balahall located in the center of Loopindicated the official Palestinian news agency, Wafa.
“Dozens of innocent civilians, mostly children and women, were killed and others injured during the early morning hours today amid incessant Israeli shelling and artillery attacks across the Gaza Strip.”he added.
Nearby, artillery attacks resumed in the eastern areas of the refugee camps of Bureij and Nuseiratcausing numerous victims.
In the south of the Palestinian enclave the attacks also worsened: about Jan Yuniswhere Hamas leaders are believed to be hiding, “An Israeli helicopter opened fire indiscriminately on residential neighborhoods“, Meanwhile in Rafahat the southern end next to Egypta drone attack attacked homes, Wafa said.
Among the victims of these attacks is Sheikh Yousef Salamaformer Minister of Religious Affairs and preacher of the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalemwhose home in the Al Maghazi refugee camp was destroyed by the latest bombings, according to the Palestinian agency.
The war broke out on October 7 after a massive attack by Hamas that included the launching of rockets and the simultaneous infiltration of some 3,000 militiamen who massacred some 1,200 people and kidnapped another 250 in towns near Gaza.
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On Saturday, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahuassured that the war “will last several more months“, while continuing without giving details on how to free the hostages still held captive in the Strip or specifying what the post-war plan is. Israel.
Arguing that Hamas uses civilian infrastructure for its military operations, Israel has bombed homes, schools, hospitals, temples, water treatment and supply plants, as well as telecommunications or energy supply facilities.
The war has also left some 1.9 million people displaced in Gaza, 85% of the population of the Strip, who live in the midst of an unprecedented humanitarian crisis due to the collapse of hospitals, the outbreak of epidemics and the shortage of drinking water, food, medicine, electricity and fuel.
