More than 150 Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza in the last 24 hours

Jerusalem, Jan 1 (EFE).- More than 150 Palestinians died due to Israel’s attacks in Gaza in the last 24 hours, the spokesman for the Strip’s Ministry of Health, Ashraf al Qudra, said this Monday, while fighting with militants continues. and the Israeli offensive.

Recent Israeli bombings left at least 156 dead and 246 wounded, and the death toll since the start of the war on October 7 is close to 22,000: in total, 21,978 people have been confirmed dead since then, while the wounded are 57,697, according to Gaza Health, an organ of the Hamas Government.

There are also about 7,000 people missing under rubble, and he believes the total death toll could be higher, but the bodies have not yet been collected.

In turn, Health insists that 70% of the total fatalities are women and children, while 30 hospitals and 53 primary care centers “are out of service” throughout Gaza.

On the other hand, the health spokesman reiterated that Israel still has a hundred health personnel under arrest, including “directors of hospitals in northern Gaza”, who are detained “in harsh conditions, exposed to extreme cold and interrogated under physical torture.” and psychological, hunger, thirst and lack of sleep.

Israel claims that Hamas has hidden part of its tunnels and extensive underground network under hospitals and medical centers in Gaza, which led to attacks and the invasion of Israeli troops into its compounds, including Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

Its patients, patients, health personnel and civilians taking refuge inside were forced to evacuate weeks ago by the Israeli Army, and these days health teams from the Strip are trying to reactivate the hospital, the largest medical complex in Gaza.

“Effective and urgent interventions are being made to ensure the opening of the Al Shifa medical center and hospitals in northern Gaza following the extensive destruction that occurred,” Al Qudra remarked today.

According to Health, around 800,000 Gazans who remain in the north of the Strip – including Gaza City – are now practically without access to medical services or hospitals, in a situation of extreme unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, and while contagious diseases spread due to the war conflict.

Gaza continues to suffer from a lack of food, drinking water, medicine, basic supplies or fuel due to Israel’s rigid siege, which since almost the outbreak of the conflict has only allowed access to humanitarian aid practically in dribs and drabs. EFE

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