By day 459 of Israeli genocide in Gaza: 45,885 killed, 109,196 injured

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Gaza Health Ministry + Al Mayadeen
7 Jan 2025 22:32
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Our correspondent says that since early morning, Israeli airstrikes have killed 49 people across various areas of Gaza.

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Rescuers and civilians evacuate a victim of an Israeli strike on a house in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on January 7, 2025. (AFP)

The Israeli occupation military committed three massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, of which 31 martyrs and 57 injuries arrived at hospitals during the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry in Gaza announced on Tuesday.

This brings the total number of Palestinians killed since the start of the Israeli war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, to 45,885, in addition to 109,196 injuries, the ministry confirmed in its daily report on the 459th day of the aggression.

It noted that a number of victims remain under the rubble and on the roads, as ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them.

Moreover, the ministry issued an urgent warning about an imminent humanitarian disaster, as hospitals, oxygen production facilities, medicine storage units, and neonatal incubators are on the brink of a complete shutdown due to a critical fuel shortage.

It highlighted that hospitals have entirely depleted their fuel reserves, attributing the crisis to "Israel's" strict restrictions on fuel entry since the onset of the war on Gaza.

Compounding the crisis, aid convoys, including those carrying fuel, are being forced to navigate perilous routes plagued by looters and bandits operating under Israeli protection, the statement noted.

The ministry disclosed that the latest fuel shipment intended for hospitals was stolen yesterday while being transported under the supervision of international organizations.

"We reiterate our urgent appeal to all relevant, international, and humanitarian organizations to intervene immediately," the ministry stressed.

It underlined that "fuel must be secured and delivered to operate generators in Gaza’s hospitals and healthcare centers."

49 people killed across various areas of Gaza

Since early morning, Israeli airstrikes have killed 49 people across various areas of Gaza, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported.

In Khan Younis, southern Gaza, 18 people, including eight children, were killed in Israeli strikes targeting several areas of the city.

Four people, including a child, were killed when an Israeli airstrike hit a civilian vehicle in the al-Manara neighborhood, in southeastern Khan Younis.

Additionally, three people were killed and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the Khan Younis refugee camp. Another four people were killed and several others were injured in a similar strike on a house in the Qizan Rashwan area of southern Khan Younis.

Meanwhile, four children were killed in an Israeli drone strike on a tent sheltering displaced individuals in western Khan Younis.

In northern Gaza, eight people were killed and others were injured when Israeli warplanes targeted a house on Old Gaza Street in Jabalia.

Israeli military vehicles opened fire in the al-Da’wa area and near the electricity company northeast of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

Israeli artillery strikes also targeted the eastern parts of the al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, and hit a house east of Deir al-Balah, resulting in casualties.

In the same context, Israeli artillery fire targeted east of Khuza’a village in southern Gaza and struck the southern areas of the al-Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City.

Earlier, the al-Nazla area in Jabalia, northern Gaza, also came under artillery fire.

In addition, Israeli drones dropped bombs near the Sheikh Radwan health center in northern Gaza City, while another air strike in al-Nazla, northern Gaza, killed three people and injured several others.

In the al-Nuseirat refugee camp, multiple fatalities were reported following another Israeli attack.