Palestinian officials said the War in Gaza killed more than 52,000 people, while Israel continues its offensive renewal on the territory after having ended its cease-fire with Hamas in March.
The overall assessment of 52,243 includes nearly 700 organizations for which the documentation process was recently completed, said the Ministry of Health managed by Hamas in its latest update. This comes after hospitals from the Gaza Strip have received the leftovers of 51 Palestinians in the past 24 hours, which have been killed Israel strikes.
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Israel has ended its ceasefire With Hamas, a designated terrorist group in the United States and Israel, launching a surprise bombardment on the territory on March 18 and has since made daily waves of strikes. The land forces have widened a buffer area and surrounded the southern city of Rafah, and now control around 50% of the territory.
Israel also sealed the 2 million Palestinians in the territory of all imports, including food and medicine, for almost 60 days. Help groups say that supplies will soon run off and thousands of Children are badly fed.
Palestinians now live mainly canned vegetables, rice, pasta and lenses. Meat, milk, cheese and fruits have disappeared. The bread and eggs are rare. The few vegetables or other items on the market have arisen price, mostly unaffordable.
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“We can’t get anything that provides proteins or nutrients,” said Mariam Al-Najjar.
The Israeli authorities claim that the offensive and tightened renewed blocking aims to put pressure on Hamas to release the hostages removed in its October 7, 2023, an attack which sparked the war. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to continue the war until Hamas is destroyed or disarmed, and all the hostages have returned.
Hamas said that it would only release the 59 remaining hostages-of which 24 are supposed to be alive-in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, a sustainable ceasefire and a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, as planned in the ceasefire, now reached, reached in January.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Sunday that talks with Hamas in recent days had shown that the group was more open to an agreement that goes beyond a cease-fire and aims to a sustainable resolution with Israel, Reuters reported.
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Activists led by Hamas killed some 1,200 people, mainly civilians, during the October 7 attack and took 251 people hostage. Most have since been released in ceasefire agreements or other transactions.
The Ministry of Health of Gaza, which is controlled by Hamas, says that women and children constitute most Palestinian deaths but do not say how many militants or civilians. He indicates that 117,600 other people were injured during the war.
Israel says he killed around 20,000 activists, without providing evidence. The army says that it tries to avoid harming civilians and that it blames Hamas for their death because the militants operate in densely populated areas.