Day 93: 22,835 martyrs, 58,416 injured by 'Israel'

By Al Mayadeen English
7 Jan 2024 16:11
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The Ministry of Health in Gaza has released the latest toll of casualties in the Gaza Strip, as the occupation continues to target civilians.

Members of the Palestinian Abu Sinjar family mourn their martyred relatives killed in Israeli strikes targeting Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in Palestine, on January 5, 2024. (AP)

22,835 people have been martyred in The Gaza Strip since the Israeli occupation launched its genocidal war on Gaza on October 7, the Ministry of Health in Gaza announced on Sunday.

The latest toll released on the 93rd day of the Israeli aggression came after the occupation committed 12 massacres against entire families in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, killing more than 113 people and injuring another 250.

So far, 58,416 Palestinians have been injured by the Israeli occupation's bombardment of the Gaza Strip, which has targeted civilian infrastructure, hospitals, and residential buildings.

The occupation has also commonly targeted protected areas housing displaced people, as well as apartment complexes in which hundreds of civilians took refuge.

On Sunday, the Israeli war machine targeted two buildings housing displaced people toward the coast of Rafah, which is located in the southernmost part of the Gaza Strip.

Deliberate war crimes

Earlier today, the Government Media Office in Gaza announced an increase in the number of journalist martyrs to 109 since the beginning of the genocidal war launched by "Israel" on the Gaza Strip, after journalists Hamza Wael al-Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Strip.

Two journalists were killed today by "Israel" in the #Gaza Strip, raising the death toll of journalists killed by the occupation since October 7 to 109.

"Israel" continues to violate international laws through its aggressive actions in Gaza, indiscriminately targeting civilians,… pic.twitter.com/EZDX7yHNac
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Local sources reported that an Israeli drone launched a missile toward the vehicle the journalists were in, resulting in the martyrdom of journalists Hamza Al-Dahdouh (29), the son of veteran war correspondent Wael al-Dahdouh, and Mustafa Thuraya.

People look at the wrecked car transporting the two journalists, which was directly targeted by an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Palestine, on January 7, 2024. (AP)

Another individual was injured in the Israeli airstrike that targeted journalists in the al-Mawassi area west of the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

According to Hamas, the targeting of journalists Hamza al-Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya is a deliberate Zionist war crime, aiming to terrorize journalists and prevent them from conveying the truth and covering their humanitarian crimes in the Gaza Strip.