Day 354 of Israeli genocide in Gaza: 41,467 martyrs, 95,921 injuries
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The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza reports that Israeli occupation forces committed three massacres in the Strip, killing 12 Palestinians and injuring 43 others in the past 24 hours.
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Forcibly displaced Palestinians evacuate patients from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip following Israeli preparations to renew attacks on the area on August 26, 2024. (AFP)
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza announced on Tuesday that the number of Palestinians killed in the Strip on the 354th day of the ongoing Israeli genocidal war has risen to 41,467 with 95,921 people wounded.
In its daily report, the ministry noted that Israeli occupation forces committed three massacres in Gaza over the past 24 hours, killing 12 Palestinians and injuring 43 others.
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While some of the casualties were transported to the few partially functioning hospitals and medical centers across the Strip, many are still trapped beneath the rubble as the IOF hinder and obstruct the work of Civil Defense and rescue teams.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported earlier today that Civil Defense teams recovered the bodies of at least seven martyrs in Khan Younis souther Gaza, who were killed as a result of Israeli airstrikes that targeted two family homes.
Five of the martyrs were killed in the Qizan al-Najjar area, while the other two were in the Tahliyah area. At least 15 Palestinians were wounded in the two Israeli strikes.
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In the Sheikh Nasser area, our correspondent reported at least two people were martyred and several others wounded in an Israeli airstrike targeting a family home.
Additionally, Israeli helicopters opened fire over the al-Mawasi refugee camp west of Khan Younis.
In the central Gaza Strip, Israeli military vehicles opened heavy gunfire, specifically targeting the northeastern section of the al-Bureij refugee camp.
The ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza
On Monday, the correspondent said that the Israeli demolition of residential blocks continues as part of its systematic campaign to prevent Palestinians from returning to their homes.
Israeli media have reported previously that the occupation intends to establish settlements and military bases in the leveled areas.
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CNN reported last week that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is contemplating a plan to force Palestinians out of northern Gaza to besiege Palestinian Resistance movement Hamas and attempt to pressure the release of Israeli captives.
Estimates suggest that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians remain in that area, as many have resisted displacement amid ongoing airstrikes in Gaza.
Giora Eiland, a former Israeli military officer supporting the initiative, said in a video broadcast online earlier this month that Palestinians who leave will receive food and water but that "in a week the entire territory of the northern Gaza Strip will become military territory, and this military territory as far as we are concerned, no supplies will enter it."
In a letter acquired by CNN, 27 Knesset members, including three serving ministers, urged the Israeli administration to accept the plan.
Eiland said in the video that "Sinwar is really not stressed," adding that the 300,000 residents in northern Gaza should be informed that it is not merely suggested they leave the northern part of the Strip but rather "we are ordering you to leave the northern Gaza Strip."
The Commanders and Reserve Fighters Forum, a collection of retired and reservist commanders, has supported the idea "to bring about a de facto change in the war situation."
