2023-12-30 14:51:37
The Hamas Ministry of Health announced on Saturday that Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip have left 21,672 people dead since October 7.
The ministry added that 56,165 people were injured as a result of the Israeli bombing, noting that only 1 percent of those injured were taken out of the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing.
Among the dead were 312 medical personnel, according to the source, who also confirmed that 99 health personnel in the Gaza Strip are still being detained by the Israeli army.
The toll includes 165 people killed and 250 others injured during the past 24 hours.
The Ministry condemned the exposure of thousands of detainees in Israel to “physical and psychological torture, starvation, thirst, lack of sleep, and continuous interrogation in the extreme cold.”
Last week, the Israeli army denied accusations of torturing detainees.
The Ministry indicated that 23 hospitals and 53 health centers were out of service in the Gaza Strip, due to the Israeli army bombing, which also destroyed 104 ambulances.
On Saturday, the Ministry called on the international community to send more medical aid, facilitate the evacuation of more injured people, and “take effective and urgent steps to ensure the protection of all hospitals and their staff and secure access to them.”
Since it pledged to eliminate the Hamas movement, Israel has launched intense bombardment on the besieged Gaza Strip, accompanied since October 27 by ground operations in which 168 soldiers have been killed so far, according to the army.
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