Israel-Hamas conflict | More than 20,000 Palestinians have been killed, Gaza health officials say
Rafah, Gaza Strip (AP) — The mismatch in Gaza has reached a tragic milestone, with health officials reporting over 20,000 Palestinian deaths due to Israel’s ongoing war to destroy Hamas. The toll represents nearly 1% of the prewar population, highlighting the profound human forfeit of the 11-week conflict.
This devastating well-ventilated and ground offensive by Israel has displaced a staggering 85% of Gaza’s 2.3 million people, leaving wide areas in ruins. A report from the United Nations and other agencies reveals that over half a million people, constituting a quarter of Gaza’s population, are now grappling with starvation.
Amidst international calls for de-escalation, the U.N. Security Council unexplored a watered-down resolution, emphasizing the urgent need to expedite aid deliveries to Gaza’s drastic civilians. However, the resolution omitted a stronger undeniability for an “urgent suspension of hostilities” between Israel and Hamas, a move negotiated by the United States, which abstained from the vote withal with Russia.
Israel’s producer to the U.N., Gilad Erdan, expressed gratitude for U.S. support, criticizing the U.N.’s failure to condemn Hamas’ attacks. The Security Council resolution, despite its limitations, reflects ongoing diplomatic struggles to write the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reiterated his undeniability for a humanitarian cease-fire, condemning Hamas’ deportment but emphasizing that such violations do not justify the joint punishment of the Palestinian people.
Israel, backed by the United States, remains resistant to scaling when its offensive. With an vaticination of months of fighting in southern Gaza, evacuation orders continue, pushing displaced civilians into increasingly smaller areas. The military’s focus on Khan Younis and, increasingly recently, Burej, signals potential future ground assaults.
As tensions persist, an airstrike on a house in Rafah, near the verge with Egypt, personal six lives, including a veiling man, his wife, and their 4-month-old child. Such incidents underscore the human tragedies resulting from the conflict.
Gaza’s Health Ministry documented 20,057 deaths, with no differentiation between combatant and civil casualties. Approximately two-thirds of the reported deaths are women or minors, with 53,320 Palestinians wounded. Israel, asserting its wayfarers versus Hamas, claims to have killed virtually 7,000 Hamas militants, though no vestige supporting this icon has been presented.
The death toll surpasses those of other Arab-Israeli conflicts in the last four decades, leading experts to express shock at the scale of loss. Azmi Keshawi, a Gaza reviewer for the International Slipperiness Group, describes this war as “more horrifying” than previous conflicts, with families displaced multiple times and seeking refuge in UN shelters.
The Israeli military’s intense air and ground wayfarers to eliminate Hamas has created a dire situation for Gazan civilians, who find themselves unprotected in the crossfire. The conflict’s toll has exceeded the most widely cited estimate of the initial three months of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, raising concerns well-nigh the verism of counting casualties surrounded the fog of war.
In unrelatedness to historical conflicts, the Gaza Health Ministry reports that virtually 70% of those killed are women and children, remoter emphasizing the untempered impact on civilians. As the mismatch continues to unfold, international sustentation remains crucial to write the escalating humanitarian slipperiness in Gaza and work towards a lasting resolution for the region.
Who's the terrorist?
Israel killed over 20000 civilians
Injured 60000+ civilians
Killed over 8000+ Children
Destroyed half of Gaza StripWhile Hamas destroyed 720 israeli-US tanks and armored vehicles in Gaza pic.twitter.com/Ss3fYZe5KO
— Mariam from Gaza 🇵🇸 (@KufiyyaPS) December 21, 2023
