Day 226 of Israeli aggression: 35,456 killed, 79,476 injured in Gaza

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
19 May 2024 17:39
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The Ministry of Health in Gaza warns of a severe shortage of essential medicines and medical supplies.

Palestinians search for survivors after an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Nuseirat Refugee Camp, Gaza Strip, Sunday, May 19, 2024. (AP)

The number of Palestinians killed since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 35,456 and those injured to 79,476, the Ministry of Health in Gaza confirmed.

In its daily report, the ministry confirmed on the 226th day of the war that Israeli occupation forces committed eight massacres, killing 70 Palestinians and injuring 110 in 24 hours only.

The ministry noted that several victims remain under the rubble and on the roads, as ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them.

In a related context, the Ministry of Health warned of a severe shortage of essential medicines and medical supplies necessary for providing emergency services, surgeries, primary care, and many other healthcare services, with their stocks having reached zero in hospitals and service delivery points, putting patients' lives at risk.

It also called on all humanitarian and international organizations to work on providing and delivering these supplies amid the ongoing Israeli aggression and its occupation of all Gaza Strip crossings.

This comes as the Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression on various areas of the Gaza Strip, resulting in more civilian casualties.

Many Palestinians were martyred and others were injured in Israeli artillery and air strikes. Concurrently, rescue and civil defense teams recovered the bodies of 31 martyrs following an IOF airstrike that targeted a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza early this morning.

Here is a recap of the other latest developments:

IOF artillery targeted a building north of Nuseirat. At the same time, one Palestinian was martyred and another was injured after an airstrike targeted a group of people gathering firewood in Sabra neighborhood in central Gaza City.
In Deir al-Balah, the head of the Central Governorate's Investigations Department, Zahir Hamid al-Houli, and his companion Jihad al-Humaidi were martyred following an Israeli drone strike.
In the southern Gaza Strip, two citizens were martyred in an airstrike on homes in the town of Khuza'a, east of Khan Younis, while IOF artillery renewed the shelling of homes in eastern Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
IOF artillery shelled Al-Awda Hospital in the Tal al-Zaatar area of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, according to rescue and ambulance crews.
IOF leveled more than 300 houses since its incursion into the camp began last week.
Israeli warplanes launched successive fire belts on the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.
The Civil Defense in northern Gaza announced that Kamal Adwan Hospital is out of service due to Israeli targeting. The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital said in a press statement that several wounded individuals were martyred yesterday due to the lack of necessary medical equipment, adding that the crews are providing medical services at a minimal level amid relentless Israeli bombings.