Israelis committed 24 massacres in Gaza in one day: Health Ministry

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
5 Nov 2023 17:39
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The Israeli massacres resulted in the Martyrdom of 243 people most of which are women and children.

Palestinian child wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip is brought to a treatment room of al Aqsa Hospital in Deir al Balah on Deir al Balah, Gaza, Palestine Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023 (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

The spokesperson for the Gaza Ministry of Health said on Sunday that the Israeli occupation has committed 24 massacres in just the past 24 hours, resulting in 243 martyrs as the aggression on Gaza continued for one month now.

"The occupation set a record in the number of massacres committed, in which children and women were killed," Ashraf al-Qudra said, pointing out that "it has been conducting a genocide and ethnic cleansing for 30 days" since the start of the aggression on October 7.

He noted that the number of martyrs has risen to 9,770, including 4,800 children and 2,550 women.

Due to the violent Israeli bombardment and complete blockade, approximately 16 hospitals, 32 primary care centers, 27 ambulances, and 105 medical facilities have been damaged or went out of service.

Sounding the alarm on the collapsed health sector in Gaza, al-Qudra said that "hospitals in the Gaza Strip are completely incapable of providing any health services and have only a few hours left" of fuel supplies, urging all relevant parties to secure a safe passage for the flow of humanitarian aid, including fuel, to Gaza."

In terms of residential buildings, Israeli airstrikes have destroyed 8,500 homes and 40,000 residential units, with an additional 220,000 units sustaining damages. Additionally, 88 government offices and 220 schools, 60 of which are now out of service, have been affected.

The correspondent of Al Mayadeen to Gaza reported that the health situation is "extremely critical" amid the risk of epidemics spreading in the Strip, noting that "there are hundreds of missing people still under the rubble, with odors emanating from the decomposition of bodies, even in mass graves."

The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross IRCR sub-delegation in Gaza, William Schomburg, warned on Friday that the organization did not have the heavy equipment or bulldozers needed to assist people trapped under rubble in the Gaza Strip.

In a more recent statement, the international humanitarian body confirmed in a statement that "the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip has become catastrophic," stating that "we have not witnessed anything like this since our permanent presence since 1967."

The committee also pointed out that "Gaza hospitals are on the verge of complete collapse, and surgeries are performed without anesthesia."