Day 202: 34,356 killed, 77,368 injured in Gaza
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The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza stated that the Israeli occupation committed in the past 24 hours five massacres against families in the Strip, killing 51 people and injuring 75.
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Palestinian health workers unearth a body buried by Israeli occupation forces in mass graves inside the Nasser hospital compound in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 21, 2024. (AFP)
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced on Friday that the number of Palestinians killed in the ongoing Israeli genocide in the Strip since October 7 has now reached 34,356, with 77,368 injured as the war reaches its 203rd day.
Additionally, the ministry stated that the Israeli occupation committed in the past 24 hours five massacres against families in the Strip, which resulted in the martyrdom of 51 people and the injury of 75.
It noted that thousands of victims of the aggression remain trapped under rubble and on roads inaccessible to ambulance and civil defense crews, as the occupation continues to prevent rescue teams from reaching them.
Read more: Gaza's 'shadow death toll': Buried, missing, trapped under the rubble
Mass graves
Earlier on Monday, Gaza's Civil Defense announced that 332 bodies of martyrs were recovered from the Israeli-made mass graves in Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis since the withdrawal of the Israeli occupation forces from the area.
According to authorities in the Gaza Strip, some of the individuals discovered at the Nasser Medical Complex were killed during the siege imposed on the hospital, which included direct attacks and air raids on its facilities. Others were executed en mass during the Israeli raid on the medical facility.
The EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, compared on Wednesday between Gaza now and Germany during World War II, saying that "Israel" has exposed areas in the Gaza Strip to greater destruction than that dealt to cities in Germany back in the 1940s.
“I can say that more than 60% of the physical infrastructure has been damaged, and 35% fully destroyed,” Borrell said during his speech at a plenary session of the European Parliament.
He also highlighted the “killing of 249 humanitarian workers and around 100 journalists in Israeli attacks on Gaza.”
It has been confirmed by the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate (PJS) that at least 141 journalists in Gaza have been killed since October 7.
“Israel must respect international law, implement the International Court of Justice’s provisional measures, ensure the protection of all civilians, and allow humanitarian workers to do their lifesaving job without being targeted," the top EU official concluded.
Read more: ‘On brink of death’: WHO warns of Gaza children starvation
