The Ministry of Health in Gaza reported today that the number of Palestinians killed by the Israeli occupation forces since October 7 has risen to 31,272, in addition to 73,024 injured.

The IOF also committed 10 massacres against families in Gaza in the past 24 hours killing 88 Palestinians and injuring 135 others, it added. 

The Ministry stressed that many victims remain under the rubble, presumed dead, as the IOF are deliberately preventing ambulances and civil defense crews from reaching them. 

It is worth noting that 72% of the Palestinian victims are women and children.

Concurrently, a Rafah press source told Al Mayadeen that the IOF targeted a vehicle in front of the UNRWA gate at a time when dozens of Palestinians had crowded there.

Four were reportedly killed in the attack and several others were injured. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Meanwhile, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported that at least one Palestinian was killed in the Israeli attack on a civilian vehicle in the southern Gaza Strip, near Khan Younis, and Israeli helicopters have fired towards the northeastern areas of Khan Younis.

According to our correspondent, three Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli shelling of al-Zaytoun neighborhood in southeastern Gaza City.

Gaza Ministry of Health sounds alarm as child malnutrition soars

The spokesperson for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf al-Qudra, addressed a pressing concern regarding the well-being of children in northern Gaza.

Thousands of children are reportedly experiencing severe complications as a result of the unavailability of baby formula. Tragically, the situation has led to the death of 27 children due to malnutrition, exacerbated by the absence of any form of powdered milk in the region amid the ongoing Israeli genocide and systematic famine.

In light of this urgent matter, the Ministry of Health calls upon international institutions and childhood foundations to take immediate action in providing essential milk supplies for the children of northern Gaza.

It is worth noting that UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini stated on Tuesday, "This war [on Gaza] is a war on children. It is a war on their childhood and their future." 

More children have been reportedly killed in the war on Gaza than in four years of conflict around the world, he added.

His post referenced United Nations numbers showing that 12,193 children had been killed in conflicts worldwide between 2019 and 2022.

It compared that to reports from the Health Ministry in Gaza indicating that more than 12,300 children were martyred in the Strip between last October and the end of February.