More than 300 Palestinian children were killed by Israeli bombardment in Gaza in
just the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health.
At least 305 Palestinian children were killed in the last 24 hours of Israeli
bombardment, marking the deadliest 24 hours in Gaza since Israel launched a
large-scale military operation dubbed Operation Iron Swords on October 7.
Israeli forces have killed 2,360 Palestinian children in Gaza, according to the
Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, in just over two weeks since the Israeli
military unleashed a massive military offensive on the Gaza Strip on October 7
after Palestinian armed groups fired rockets toward Israel and breached the
Israeli perimeter fence surrounding Gaza, launching attacks inside Israel.
The Ministry of Health reports that 5,791 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed
since October 7, including 704 people in the last 24 hours.
The fatality and injury numbers provided by the Ministry of Health in Gaza only
account for people admitted to hospitals, and an estimated 870 Palestinian
children are reported missing under the rubble of destroyed buildings,
indicating the actual death toll is much higher. An additional 5,364 Palestinian
children in Gaza are injured.
Nearly two-thirds of medical facilities in the Gaza Strip have completely shut
down, according to the World Health Organization, including 12 out of Gaza's 35
hospitals.
Doctors in Gaza report many cases of chickenpox, scabies, and diarrhea,
especially among children, as Palestinians lack access to clean water, basic
hygiene, and sanitation amid Israeli authorities' complete closure of the Gaza
Strip, according to Al Jazeera.
Many people have resorted to drinking salt water from agricultural wells,
according to UN OCHA. Drinking salt water raises grave health concerns for
babies, pregnant women, and people with kidney disease.
The Ministry of Health has also reported at least 8,000 new cases of coronavirus
among displaced Palestinians, most of whom are living in extremely crowded
circumstances.
Palestinian doctors also warn that as hospitals' fuel reserves run critically
low, at least 130 premature babies are in danger if their incubators shut
down. In addition, around 1,100 kidney failure patients, including 38 children,
rely on dialysis machines to stay alive.
An estimated 1.4 million Palestinians in Gaza are displaced, according to UN
OCHA.
Since October 11 at 2 p.m. Gaza has experienced a full electricity blackout
after Israeli authorities cut the electricity and fuel supply on October 7 and
the Gaza Power Plant depleted its reserves, according to UN OCHA.
Two weeks after Israel cut off food, water, electricity, and fuel from Gaza,
three humanitarian aid convoys totaling 54 trucks entered Gaza through the Rafah
crossing between October 21 and 23, according to UN OCHA, carrying food, water,
and medical supplies. Fuel was not included in the aid deliveries.
At least 43 percent of all housing units in the Gaza Strip have been damaged or
completely destroyed since October 7, according to UN OCHA.
Prior to October 7, an average of 600 humanitarian aid trucks entered Gaza daily
to provide relief to Palestinians. Zero humanitarian aid trucks entered Gaza
between October 7 and 20.
29 Palestinian children have been killed in the occupied West Bank since October
7, according to documentation collected by DCIP, when the Israeli military began
a full-scale bombardment on the Gaza Strip dubbed Operation Iron Swords.
At least 95 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the
occupied West Bank since October 7, according to UN OCHA.
The State of Israel has no choice but to turn Gaza into a place that is
temporarily or permanently impossible to live in," reservist Major General Giora
Eiland told Israeli media. "Creating a severe humanitarian crisis in Gaza is a
necessary means to achieve the goal. Gaza will become a place where no human
being can exist."
"Human animals must be treated as such. There will be no electricity and no
water [in Gaza], there will only be destruction. You wanted hell, you will get
hell," said Major General Ghassan Alian, head of Coordinator of Government
Activities in the Territories (COGAT).
-- https://www.dci-palestine.org/305_palestinian_children_killed_in_gaza_in_24_hours
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