As the Israeli genocide war on the Gaza Strip enters its 426th consecutive day, the death toll from the war has risen to 44,580 martyrs and 105,739 wounded, according to the latest statistics released by the Ministry of Health in Gaza.
The Ministry of Health stated in a statement that the Israeli occupation army committed five massacres within 24 hours, with 48 martyrs and 201 injured arriving at hospitals as a result. It noted that there are victims trapped under the rubble that rescue and ambulance teams are unable to reach.
In recent hours, the Israeli occupation army continued to target shelters and bomb the tents of displaced persons. On Wednesday evening, it carried out a series of airstrikes on the tents of displaced persons in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, resulting in at least 20 martyrs and dozens of injuries.
This coincides with the ongoing Israeli army's commission of war crimes and horrific massacres against civilians, as well as attempts to displace residents from northern Gaza, which has been subjected to continuous military aggression for the 61st consecutive day.
In the south of the Gaza Strip, Israeli warboats opened fire last night off the coast of Khan Younis, following hours after the massacre in the Mawasi area, which mostly affected children and women.
Two martyrs also fell due to shelling from an Israeli drone targeting a group of Palestinians in Khirbat al-Adas north of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
In Gaza City, occupation aircraft bombed the southern outskirts of the Sabra and Tal al-Hawa neighborhoods in the south of Gaza City.
The Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip announced that its crews rescued surviving children and retrieved the bodies of ten martyrs from homes that were bombed by the Israeli forces in the Tunnel area of Gaza City, where the bombardment led to a massacre with 25 martyrs, including children and women.
Three Palestinians were also martyred due to Israeli shelling targeting a group of families in the al-Shuja'iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip.
In central Gaza, a number of martyrs and wounded were reported as a result of Israeli shelling that targeted a house near the Abdullah al-Zam mosque within the (5) camp in al-Nuseirat in central Gaza.
In the Al-Bureij camp, Israeli occupation aircraft carried out a violent raid on the tents of displaced persons in the courtyard of the "Abu Hamis" school, resulting in dozens of martyrs and injured individuals and the burning of 15 tents.
In northern Gaza, the Civil Defense Authority reported that occupation forces targeted the displaced after forcing them to evacuate from northern Gaza towards the city of Gaza. Meanwhile, three martyrs fell in an Israeli bombardment on a house behind Kamal Adwan Hospital in the Beit Lahiya project in northern Gaza.
In this context, Jonathan Fowler, the senior director of communications at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), revealed that about 60,000 Palestinians in northern Gaza live under catastrophic conditions due to the ongoing Israeli siege for 62 days, surrounded by death on all sides.
Fowler pointed out that delivering humanitarian aid to the area is extremely difficult, as only 75 trucks of aid entered through the border crossings on November 27, despite the need for about 500 trucks daily to meet the needs of the population.
The agency's spokesperson explained that the situation in northern Gaza has become tragic due to a lack of food, medicine, and clean drinking water, noting that the residents of the enclave rely entirely on humanitarian assistance to survive. He added that access to the besieged area is still prohibited by Israel, causing residents to suffer day by day without receiving aid.
Fowler also warned, in an interview with Anadolu Agency, of the worsening risk of malnutrition, reminding that the area has not received any food supplies for more than 60 days, which could lead to many residents dying of hunger if urgent relief is not provided.
The UN official stated that people in this besieged area "will die of hunger. What can they do if they cannot access relief materials? There is essentially nothing to eat."
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