Day 380 of aggression on Gaza: 42,603 martyrs, 99,795 injuries
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In the past 24 hours alone, the Israeli occupation has carried out seven massacres against families in Gaza, resulting in 84 martyrs and 158 injuries.
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Palestinians line up for food distribution in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on October 17, 2024. (AP)
The Ministry of Health in Gaza has released its daily report, marking the 380th day of ongoing Israeli aggression in the strip.
In the past 24 hours alone, the Israeli occupation has carried out seven massacres against families in Gaza, resulting in 84 martyrs and 158 injuries.
Many victims remain trapped under rubble as Israeli forces continue to bombard affected areas, preventing ambulances and Civil Defense teams from reaching them.
Since the war began over a year ago, the total number of martyrs has now reached 42,603, with injuries totaling 99,795.
Gaza faces ongoing extermination, Indonesian Hospital overwhelmed
As the Israeli occupation's siege on the North enters its 16th consecutive day, Israeli forces continue their campaign of extermination and genocide in Beit Lahia and Jabalia Camp. They are intensifying airstrikes on homes and shelters while besieging hospitals, aiming to displace the remaining population.
Dr. Marwan Sultan, director of the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza, announced on October 20, 2024, that 73 martyrs have been brought to the facility, the majority of whom are women and children. He noted that many others have sustained severe injuries due to relentless bombardment in the Beit Lahiya project area overnight.
“Victims continue to arrive at the hospital as a result of the shelling,” he stated.
Dr. Sultan also reported the deaths of two patients who could not receive adequate medical care due to the occupation's siege of the hospital; their bodies were buried within the hospital premises.
He expressed the medical team's inability to cope with the overwhelming number of casualties, describing the situation as unprecedentedly dire, compounded by ongoing airstrikes, a blockade, shortages of medical supplies, and power outages.
Dr. Sultan urged for the protection of medical personnel, patients, and hospitals, calling on the Red Cross and international organizations to provide assistance and presence in the facilities.
"Israel" commits harrowing massacre in Beit Lahia
On Saturday evening, the Israeli occupation committed a horrific massacre by bombing several houses near al-Qassam Mosque in the Beit Lahia area in the northern Gaza Strip, resulting in the killing of 87 Palestinians, according to an updated toll announced by the Government Media Office in Gaza.
In addition to the high death toll of the massacre, 40 people have been injured and many remain missing, most of them women and children, as stated by the media office. This new massacre coincides with the Israeli occupation’s deliberate destruction of the healthcare system in the northern region of the sector, an area that remains home to around 400,000 residents.
Horrific massacres are unfolding in Jabalia Camp and Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, so far leaving at least 73 civilians dead and dozens missing or injured. The IOF has leveled over 25 homes on their residents, fired at anything that moves, and cut off all internet and communication. pic.twitter.com/KlTzKFDFX6
— Mohamad Al Shami Ù…Øمد الشامي 🇾🇪🇵🇸 (@mamashami) October 19, 2024
The Government Media Office further reported that the Israeli occupation forces had threatened hospitals in the province, demanding that medical staff evacuate immediately. Furthermore, the occupation has blocked fuel deliveries to these hospitals and cut off communication and internet access in the area, worsening the humanitarian crisis.
Additionally, the media office held the occupation, along with the US administration, the UK, Germany, France, and other countries complicit in the ongoing genocide, fully responsible for the continuation of this crime—specifically, the ethnic cleansing and extermination in Jabalia Camp and the Beit Lahia project, as well as the continued massacres of civilians in northern Gaza.
This massacre is part of "Israel’s" ongoing crimes in Gaza, which include imposing siege, starvation, and total isolation on the northern province amid heavy aerial and artillery bombardments.
