Day 269: 37,900 martyrs, 87,060 injured

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
1 Jul 2024 14:35

The Israeli occupation forces continue to massacre Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, claiming the lives of 23 martyrs and injuring 91 others in the past 24 hours.

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Palestinians displaced by the Israeli occupation's bombardment of the Gaza Strip walk through a street market in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Palestine, June 29, 2024. (AP)

On day 269 of the genocide in Gaza, the death toll reached 37,900 Palestinians killed and 86,060 injured by the Israeli occupation amid the IOF's brutal onslaught, according to the daily report published by the Health Ministry in Gaza.

"Israel" committed two massacres over the past 24 hours, killing 23 Palestinians and injuring 91 others.

While some were transported to partially functioning hospitals, many victims remain trapped beneath the rubble with rescue crews unable to reach them while others remain either as injured or lifeless bodies dispersed on the streets as rescue crews are also being prohibited from attending to them or transporting them.

On Monday, Mohammad Abu Sharia, the director of the editorial department at Shams News Agency, one of the Palestinian news agencies in Gaza, tragically succumbed to injuries sustained two days earlier in an Israeli bombing. The attack targeted him in front of his home in the Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City.

With Abu Sharia's martyrdom, the toll of journalist martyrs since the beginning of the aggression has now reached 153, as reported by the government media office in Gaza.

'Israel' releases detained al-Shifa Hospital chief, 49 others

Al Mayadeen's correspondent in the Gaza Strip confirmed that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) released 50 detainees from the Gaza Strip, including the chief of al-Shifa Medical Complex, Mohammad Abu Salmiya.

The IOF detained the Palestinian at the Kuwait checkpoint with another surgeon on November 23, 2023, subjecting him to severe torture and humiliating treatment because he refused to record a video accusing the Resistance of turning the hospital into an alleged "military barracks and combat operations rooms."

Abu Salmiya said in a statement, upon his release, "What detainees are currently going through, the Palestinian people have not seen since the Nakba," adding that "hundreds of medical staff have been targeted by occupation, some detainees were murdered under torture."

He stressed that "detainees are enduring tragic conditions due to lack of food and water."

In a tweet on X, the detainee doctor’s cousin, Adham Abu Salmiya, reported that Mohammad had been subjected to sleep deprivation and continuous torture, and that his health had rapidly and severely deteriorated during his detention.