The death toll caused by Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip has risen to 2,670, according to an update released this Sunday by the local Ministry of Health, while the Israeli army bombards territory controlled by the Islamist movement Hamas.
According to that source, 9,600 people were also injured in attacks carried out in retaliation for Hamas’ unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7.
In the previous report, the local Ministry of Health had revealed that the death toll in the Gaza Strip had risen to 2,450 and the number of injured to 9,200 since the start of retaliation attacks by the Israeli Armed Forces.
The balance includes the victims counted until 5:45 p.m. (3:45 p.m. in Lisbon) on October 15. The ministry highlighted that, in eight days, this figure exceeds the number of deaths during the 51 days that the 2014 war lasted.
“These crimes against our people amount to ethnic cleansing,” said Gaza Strip Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al Qudra.
On the other hand, the ministry warned at the time that around 70% of the refugees in the northern Gaza Strip, whom Israel ordered to evacuate, currently do not have access to health care.
“70 percent of the population of the Gaza and northern Gaza regions is deprived of health services for refugees,” reported Al Qudra, through the organization’s social networks in reference to the Palestinian Refugee Agency. in the Middle East.
On the other hand, he warned that ambulance personnel are having enormous difficulties transporting the new victims of the Israeli attacks due to damage to the roads.
The Gaza Ministry of Health also made an “urgent” call for blood donation in hospitals in the region, in particular Al Shifa Hospital and other centers included in the Blood Bank Network “to donate blood immediately “.
Health facilities are full and even morgues are unable to cope with the high number of deaths, so refrigerated trucks, normally used to transport frozen foods and ice cream, are beginning to be used to store corpses.
The Islamist group Hamas launched a surprise attack against Israel on the 7th with the launch of thousands of rockets and the incursion of armed militiamen by land, sea and air.
In response, Israel bombed several Hamas infrastructures in the Gaza Strip from the air and imposed a total siege on the territory, cutting off water, fuel and electricity supplies.
The attacks have already caused thousands of deaths and injuries in both territories.
Source: TSF
