The Health Ministry’s latest statistics were released amid an intensification of Israeli shelling of the besieged area.
Israel’s relentless 31-day assault on the Gaza Strip has killed more than 10,000 people and there are no signs of a ceasefire in the besieged enclave, Palestinian health officials say.
The Gaza Health Ministry said in a statement on Monday that the death toll had risen to at least 1,104 Palestinians, including 4,104 children, with many victims still trapped under rubble and fueled by the Israeli siege. , announced that access to critical supplies such as food and electricity has dried up. .
“Number of people, number, total number [death toll] At least 2,000 people remain under the rubble and temperatures are expected to rise further. The problem is that ground rescue teams are unable to remove or pull these bodies out from under the rubble due to a lack of heavy equipment and machinery,” said Al Jazeera correspondent Hani Mahmoud in southern Gaza. Reported from Khan Yunis.
A Health Ministry spokesperson said the number of injured since the start of shelling on October 7 had risen to 25,408, adding that Israel had carried out 18 attacks in the past hours, killing 252 people. .
Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that Israeli authorities say attacked southern Israel on October 7, killing more than 1,400 people, most of them civilians. The situation has reached a critical point with constant Israeli shelling. .
Fuel shortages have forced 16 of Gaza’s 35 hospitals to suspend operations as the number of injured increases, and the United Nations says more than 1.5 million people, more than half of Gaza’s population, have been forced to evacuate. did.
As the situation in Gaza worsens and the death toll continues to rise, calls for an end to the fighting are growing. In late October, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted in favor of a resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.
Israel and its strongest ally, the United States, have rejected calls for a ceasefire, saying an end to the fighting would give Hamas time to regroup. The United States has said it supports a pause in fighting so it can further support the invasion of Gaza, but Israel has shown little enthusiasm for the idea.
As Israel intensifies its ground operations and continues its air campaign in the Gaza Strip, Palestinians fear there is no end in sight.
“Are you enjoying this…horror movie?” Zak Hania, a resident of Al Shati refugee camp, asked world leaders in an interview with Al Jazeera.
“How many people have to die? [need] Will world leaders be killed for trying to do something for the people, for the world? We asked for a ceasefire. We are all civilians. ”
