GMO reveals latest statistics on Israeli genocidal war on Gaza

Saturday 3-February-2024, GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (GMO) in the Gaza Strip revealed on Saturday the latest and most significant figures on the Israeli ongoing genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 7.

This announcement comes as the latest updates from the GMO, showing the scale of human and material damage that resulted from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, on its 120th day.

The statistics demonstrated latest updates on the numbers of martyrs, missing, and wounded people in addition to the sick, displaced and prisoners as well as numbers of damaged structures and infrastructure.

Below are figures released by the GMO about Israel’s violations over the period of 120 days since the start of its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

(2,325) Massacres (34,238) Martyrs and missing people. (27,238) Martyrs who arrived in hospitals. (12,000) Child martyrs. (8,190) Female martyrs. (339) Martyrs of medical staff. (46) Civil defense martyrs. (122) Journalist martyrs. (7,000) Missing, 70% of whom are children and women. (66,452) Wounded.

(11,000) Wounded people in need of travel abroad for treatment, (life-saving and critical cases). (10,000) Cancer patients facing the risk of death. (700,000) Wounded with infectious diseases as a result of displacement. (8,000) Cases of viral hepatitis infection due to displacement. (60,000) Pregnant women at risk due to the lack of health care. (350,000) Chronic patients at risk due to blocked medications.

(99) Cases of arrest among health personnel. (10) Cases of arrests among identified journalists. (2 million) Displaced people in the Gaza Strip.

(140) Government headquarters destroyed. (100) Completely destroyed schools and universities. (295) Partially destroyed schools and universities. (183) Completely destroyed mosques. (264) Partially destroyed mosques. (3) Destroyed Churches.

(79,200) Completely destroyed housing units. (290,000) Partially destroyed and uninhabitable housing units. (66,000) tons of explosives dropped on Gaza. (30) Hospitals knocked out of service. (53) Health centers knocked out of service. (150) Partially targeted Health institutions. (122) Destroyed ambulances. (200) Destroyed archaeological and heritage sites.

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An Israeli genocidal airstrike killed seven members of the nonprofit World Central Kitchen organization in Gaza Strip, April 2, 2024 pic	An Israeli air genocidal strike targeted the Iranian consulate building in Damascus, killing seven people and wounding multiple others, on April 1, 2024
Kuwait Society for Relief announced the departure of a Kuwaiti medical team consisting of 11 physicians to Cairo Airport en route to Gaza, March 31, 2024	More than 1,500 Palestinians were killed, injured, or missing in two weeks of the Israeli occupation forces' death and destruction campaign at Al-Shifa hospital, April 1, 2024
20-year-old Palestinian young man, Rabee' Zakarna, died of wounds he sustained by Israeli occupation forces' fire in Qabatya few days ago, April 2, 2024	Palestinian journalist Mu'hammed Abu Sukhail was killed during the two-week Israeli genocidal raid on Al-Shifa Medical complex in Gaza, April 2, 2024
Recovering bodies of the martyrs, who were killed by an Israeli genocidal air strike on a house in Rafa'h, April 2, 2024	Site of an Israeli genocidal air strike on Al-Basheer mosque, in Dair El-Bala'h, on April 1, 2024

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Israeli airstrike kills “World Central Kitchen” workers in Gaza

Tuesday 2-April-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

An Israeli airstrike killed last night several members of the nonprofit “World Central Kitchen (WCK)” organization in the war-torn Gaza Strip.

WCK is a not-for-profit non-governmental organization devoted to providing meals for people in war and disaster zones.

Head of the Palestinian Government Media Office Ismail Al-Thawabta told a news conference in Gaza that “Israel bombed a foreign team composed of British, Polish, Australian citizens and other nationalities that are not yet known, in addition to a Palestinian from Gaza.”

“The occupation forces killed them in cold blood with warplanes that keep overlying the Gaza Strip and committing genocidal crimes,” he said.

A Palestinian man was among those killed, who was described at the news conference as the nonprofit’s driver at the time of the strike.

WCK, for its part, said it “is devastated to confirm seven members of our team have been killed in an (Israeli occupation forces) strike in Gaza.”

“The WCK team was traveling in a deconflicted zone in two armored cars branded with the WCK logo and a soft skin vehicle,” according to a statement released on Tuesday by the Washington-based organization.

“Despite coordinating movements with the IOFs, the convoy was hit as it was leaving the Dair El-Bala'h warehouse, where the team had unloaded more than 100 tons of humanitarian food aid brought to Gaza on the maritime route.”

“This is not only an attack against WCK, this is an attack on humanitarian organizations showing up in the most dire of situations where food is being used as a weapon of war. This is unforgivable,” WCK head Erin Gore said.

“The seven killed are from Australia, Poland, United Kingdom, a dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada, and Palestine.”

“I am heartbroken and appalled that we — World Central Kitchen and the world — lost beautiful lives today because of a targeted attack by the IDF. The love they had for feeding people, the determination they embodied to show that humanity rises above all, and the impact they made in countless lives will forever be remembered and cherished,” Erin added.

WCK said it “is pausing our operations immediately in the region. We will be making decisions about the future of our work soon.”

“I am heartbroken and grieving for their families and friends and our whole WCK family. These are people, angels, I served alongside in Ukraine, Gaza, Turkey, Morocco, Bahamas, Indonesia. They are not faceless…they are not nameless,” Jose Andres, the chef who founded the nonprofit, said on X.

“The Israeli government needs to stop this indiscriminate killing. It needs to stop restricting humanitarian aid, stop killing civilians and aid workers, and stop using food as a weapon,” Andres added.

For its part, the 'Hamas Movement has strongly denounced the Israeli occupation army for killing international relief workers from the World Central Kitchen in an attack on their convoy in Dair El-Bala'h.

“This crime confirms once against that the occupation still insists on pursuing the policy of systematic killing against unarmed civilians and international relief teams from humanitarian organizations, as part of its efforts to terrorize their workers and prevent them from continuing their humanitarian missions,” Hamas said in a statement on Tuesday.

The 'Hamas Movement called on the international community and the UN Security Council to condemn this heinous crime against the WCK workers and take action to curb Israel’s crimes against the Palestinians in Gaza.

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Seven people killed in Israeli strike on Damascus

Monday 1-April-2024

DAMASCUS, (PIC)

An Israeli air strike has targeted Iran’s consulate building in Damascus on Monday, killing seven people and wounding multiple others.

A senior commander at Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is among the victims, according to Iranian state television.

Mu'hammed Reza Zahidi was one of the most senior IRGC, who heads of the IRGC’s aerial forces and ground forces.

Iran’s ambassador to Syria, 'Husain Akbari, who was not injured, told Iranian state TV that five to seven people, including some diplomats, were killed and that Tehran’s response would be “harsh”.

Iran’s IRGC said in a statement that seven military advisers died in the strike, including Mohammad Reza Zahedi.

Iranian state media said that Tehran believed Zahidi was the target of the attack. His deputy and another senior commander were also killed, along with four others.

Commenting on the attack, the Hamas Movement strongly condemned “the Israeli terrorist aggression that targeted the Iranian consulate building in the Syrian capital.”

Hamas considered the attack a blatant violation of international law, an infringement on the sovereignty of both Syria and Iran, and a dangerous Israeli escalation.

The Movement “expressed full solidarity with Iran and Syria in the face of this brutal Nazi aggression,” and called on the UN Security Council to take effective action to stop the ongoing Israeli crimes in the Gaza Strip and the region. 

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'Hamas: Israel’s Al Jazeera law aims to hide the truth about its crimes

Tuesday 2-April-2024,

GAZA, (PIC)

The 'Hamas Movement has condemned the Knesset’s approval of a law giving the Israeli occupation government the authority to close Al Jazeera channel’s offices and ban its broadcasts, saying this measure “showed clearly the fascist occupation’s true nature.”

“The occupation is desperately seeking to obliterate the truth about its gruesome crimes,” 'Hamas said in a statement on Monday.

'Hamas accused the Israeli occupation regime of systematically attempting to prevent journalists from performing their humanitarian and professional mission, saying the Israeli army had killed so far 138 journalists and injured hundreds, including Al Jazeera journalists, during its brutal war on Gaza.

The Movement called on international human rights and journalist institutions to condemn the Israeli measure against Al Jazeera channel and work on exposing Israel’s violations against journalists.

Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Monday to “act immediately to stop” Al Jazeera’s operations in the country after the Israeli parliament, Knesset, approved a law that gives him powers to shut down foreign news networks deemed a security threat.

“Al Jazeera harmed Israel’s security, actively participated in the October 7 massacre, and incited against Israeli soldiers,” Netanyahu wrote on X.

“I intend to act immediately in accordance with the new law to stop the channel’s activity,” he said.

The Qatar-based network rejected what it described as “slanderous accusations” and accused Netanyahu of “incitement”.

“Al Jazeera holds the Israeli prime minister responsible for the safety of its staff and network premises around the world, following his incitement and this false accusation in a disgraceful manner,” it said in a statement.

“Such slanderous accusations will not deter us from continuing our bold and professional coverage, and reserves the right to pursue every legal step,” Al Jazeera said.

Netanyahu has long sought to ban broadcasts from the Qatar-based media outlet, alleging anti-Israel bias. 

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Second Kuwaiti medical team heads to Gaza

Monday 1-April-2024

KUWAIT, (PIC)

Kuwait Society for Relief (KSR) announced on Sunday the departure of a Kuwaiti medical team consisting of 11 physicians and consultants from various medical and surgical specialties to Cairo Airport en route to Gaza.

The Society, an independent charitable organization, said the team’s departure to Gaza is aimed at assisting the Gaza European Hospital and the Kuwait Specialized Hospital, on a mission that lasts until April 7.

The KSR’s Deputy Director General and team leader, 'Omar Al-Thuwaini, told the Kuwaiti news agency (KUNA) that the Kuwaiti medical team consists of highly specialized medical and surgical professionals along with a nurse, a team leader, and humanitarian coordinators.

This move came “in response to the suffering of our Palestinian brothers as a result of the Israeli aggression which has been ongoing since October 7, 2023,” Al-Thuwaini said.

He explained that sending the Kuwaiti medical team to the Gaza Strip came within the framework of donations from the “Faz'a (Help) for Palestine” campaign, which was launched by “Kuwait Relief” on October 10 of last year, in participation and cooperation with more than 30 Kuwaiti charitable societies, with the aim of providing relief to those affected from the aggression on the Gaza Strip.

For his part, the ophthalmology surgical consultant and volunteer Dr. Mansour Al-Shammari, confirmed that the medical team will leave accompanied by more than three tons of medical supplies and equipment necessary to perform delicate and urgent surgical operations in the Strip.

Senior specialist in kidney, urinary tract, infertility, and robotic surgery, 'Omar Al-Hunaidi, also explained that the relief trip aims to enable medical teams, specifically at the Kuwait Specialized Hospital, to perform high professional surgical operations.

Anesthesia and pain medicine specialist, 'Hasan Behbehani, confirmed that his participation in the trip aims to assist medical teams in urgent surgical operations, given the large number of the wounded who are in dire need for treatment in Gaza.

The medical team expressed Kuwait’s solidarity with the Palestinian people, stressing their keenness to deliver various aid to the steadfast people in the besieged enclave. 

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Destruction of Gaza's Shifa Hospital rips heart out of health system, WHO says

GAZA, Tuesday, April 02, 2024 (WAFA) – 

World Health Organization spokeswoman Margaret Harris said on Tuesday that the destruction of Al-Shifa Hospital seriously harmed the health system in the Gaza Strip.

"Destroying Al-Shifa means ripping the heart out of the health system," said WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris .

The World Health Organization (WHO) said that the destruction of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza amounted to "ripping the heart out" of the health system.

"It was the place people go to for the kind of care that a really good health system provides, that we in all our societies expect to have should we be in need."

Israeli forces pullout of Al-Shifa Hospital and its surroundings, west of Gaza City after a two-week ground onslaught, leaving hundreds dead, mostly children and women, in addition to the massive destruction to the complex’s facilities and infrastructure.

Gaza’s largest hospital has been completely destroyed with a large number of bodies scattered all over and the building itself is in ruins.

The Palestinian death toll from Israel's deadly offensive against the Gaza Strip since October 7th, 2023, has now soared to 32,916.

Additionally, 75,494 individuals have been injured, with thousands still missing under the rubble and on the streets. The Israeli occupation continues to obstruct ambulance and rescue teams from reaching them.

Y.S.

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Euro-Med: Al-Shifa witnesses one of the largest massacres in Palestinian history

Monday 1-April-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Israeli army carried out a massive, shockingly horrific military operation in Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City over the course of the past two weeks, indiscriminately targeting and attacking Palestinians regardless of their civilian status, professional standing, gender, age, or health condition, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor revealed in a statement issued Monday.

Though the exact number of casualties from the atrocity is still unknown, preliminary reports suggest that over 1,500 Palestinians have been killed, injured, or are reported missing as a result of the massacre at Al-Shifa, with women and children making up half of the casualties, the statement reads.

Euro-Med Monitor was able to confirm from its initial investigation and testimonies that hundreds of dead bodies, including some burned, and others with their heads and limbs severed, have been discovered both inside Al-Shifa Medical Complex and in the hospital’s surrounding area.

The massacre claimed the lives of at least 22 patients who were killed in their hospital beds during the Israeli siege of the Medical Complex, amid the willful deprivation of their access to food, medical care, and supplies. Israel’s army also purposefully prevented relief teams and representatives of international organizations from entering Al-Shifa to carry out humanitarian missions or evacuations, plus purposefully clearing the Complex of all working personnel—particularly medical personnel—either by summary execution or forced displacement or arrest. The whereabouts of some of these individuals are still unknown.

Al-Shifa Medical Complex is currently out of service due to the Israeli army bombing and setting fire to every one of its buildings, including the mortuary and all internal and external courtyards and corridors.

The attack on Al-Shifa Medical Complex is the most visible aspect yet of Israel’s systematic and carefully-crafted plan to destroy and besiege the Gaza Strip’s health sector, bring it to the brink of collapse, and deny the Palestinian population any chance at survival or medical care, or shelter.

The massacre at Al-Shifa Medical Complex and the systematic and widespread targeting of civilians and civilian objects, i.e. the targeting of what is left of the health system in the Gaza Strip, killing and putting thousands of sick and injured civilians, displaced families, medical teams, and journalists at risk of being directly targeted, depriving the population of its civilian status and severing families from one another. These crimes are further proof of the genocide that Israel has been committing against the Palestinian people in the Strip for the past six months.

The Israeli army committed the Al-Shifa Medical Complex massacre with the utmost disregard for international humanitarian law, particularly its rules pertaining to distinction, proportionality, and military necessity; respect for the unique protections enjoyed by civilian hospitals and medical teams; protection for civilians; protection for the sick and wounded; and the prohibition against targeting them even if they are military personnel.

As Israel has not yet produced any documentation to justify or validate its massive and dangerous execution of crimes that are flagrant violations of international humanitarian law, all international bodies and institutions present and operating in the Gaza Strip, including the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, should visit the crime scene, document all forensic evidence associated with it, and gather witness and victim testimonies. In addition, the relevant local authorities in the Strip must take immediate steps to protect the crime scene, document any related evidence, and take all reasonable precautions to prevent the loss or destruction of this evidence.

The Euro-Med called on the international community to act swiftly and forcefully to defend Palestinian civilians against the genocide that Israel has been committing in the Gaza Strip for the past six months. This action should include safeguarding the ill, injured, displaced, medical personnel, and journalists, as well as applying genuine pressure on Israel to cease its grave crimes in the region, including those committed against medical facilities, as well as its forced displacement and starvation of civilians.

The Euro-Med also urged the international community to work together to ensure that Israel complies with international law, and the ruling of the International Court of Justice, and is held responsible for all its crimes, including the massacre conducted in Al-Shifa Medical Complex.

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Ministry: Any security force that enters Gaza without coordination will be treated as an occupation force

Monday 1-April-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

A senior official in the Palestinian Interior Ministry in Gaza confirmed on Sunday evening that the suspicious security force that entered the Gaza Strip on Saturday under cover of Egyptian Red Crescent trucks coordinated its operations entirely with the Israeli occupation forces (IOFs).

The source said in press statements, “Major General Majid Faraj, the Palestinian Authority’s chief of intelligence, managed the force’s work in a deceptive security manner, misleading the Palestinian factions and clans.”

He underlined that the Egyptian authorities informed Gaza crossings authority that they were not aware of the security force that received the Egyptian trucks, and disclaimed responsibility for that.

The source pointed out that six members of the force, who escorted aid trucks coming through the Rafah crossing with Egypt, were arrested and police forces were in pursuit to round up all other members.

The Palestinian Ministry of Interior in Gaza received directives from the Joint Chamber of the Resistance Factions to treat any security force that enters Gaza without coordination with the resistance as an occupation force. 

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Ministry of Education says Israel killed over 6,050 Palestinian students killed since October 7

GAZA, Tuesday, April 02, 2024 (WAFA) –

The Ministry of Education said that 6,050 students were killed and 10,219 others were injured since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on October 7 on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

Education explained in a statement issued on Tuesday that the number of students who were killed in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the aggression surged to more than 5,994, as those who were injured reached 9,890, while in the West Bank, 56 students were killed and 329 others were injured, adding that 105 students were detained.

It indicated that 266 teachers and administrators were killed and 973 were injured in the Gaza Strip, while six were injured, and more than 73 were detained in the West Bank.

The Ministry pointed out that 286 government schools and 65 affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Refugees (UNRWA) were bombed and vandalized in the Gaza Strip, which led to 111 of them being severely damaged and 40 completely destroyed.

57 schools in the West Bank were stormed and vandalized, and 133 government schools were used as shelter centers in the Gaza Strip.

Education confirmed that 620,000 students in the Gaza Strip are still deprived of enrolling in their schools since the beginning of the aggression, while most of the students suffer from psychological trauma and face difficult health conditions.

K.T. 

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The number of journalists killed in the Gaza Strip rises to 138

Tuesday 2-April-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Palestinian Government Media Office (PGMO) in the Gaza Strip announced on Tuesday that the number of journalists who have been killed in the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza strip mounted to 138.

The PGMO explained that the number of journalist martyrs increased after the martyrdom of journalist Mu'hammed Abu Sukhail during the two-week Israeli genocidal raid on Al-Shifa Medical complex in Gaza.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that the Israeli occupation forces withdrew on Monday from Al-Shifa Hospital, and its surrounding areas, two weeks after they had launched a large-scale military operation at the site, leaving dozens of martyrs and massive destruction in the medical complex and its vicinity.

“Dozens of bodies were recovered from inside and around the medical complex,” the ministry said.

The pace of targeting Palestinian journalists has increased since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza Strip, in an attempt to obscure the truth and terrorize journalists and news channels to prevent them from covering the Israeli ongoing crimes against the Palestinian people. 

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