The death toll of Palestinians killed from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip has risen to 27,478, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Monday.
During the past 24 hours, at least 113 Palestinians were killed by Israeli attacks in various places in the Gaza Strip, raising the total number of deaths to 27,478, the ministry said in a press statement.
The ministry added that with heavy Israeli bombardment and the lack of civil defense and ambulance crews, some victims are still under the rubble.
Meanwhile, the number of wounded people has also risen to 66,835 since the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out on Oct. 7, 2023, the ministry explained
The death toll in the Gaza Strip has increased following the latest airstrikes on the Palestinian territory, the militant group that attacked southern Israel almost four months ago.
‘The situation is indescribable,’ said Said Hamouda, a Palestinian who fled his home in the Gaza Strip to the southern city of Rafah on the border with Egypt.
Dubbed a ‘pressure cooker of despair’ by the United Nations, Rafah now hosts more than half of Gaza’s population, displaced due to Israel’s assault.
‘Whether you have a million dollars or a hundred you are in the same situation,’ Hamouda said.
Over the weekend, Israel pressed further south towards the overflowing border city, warning its ground forces could advance on Rafah as part of its campaign to eradicate Hamas.
At least 128 people, mostly women and children, were killed in Israeli strikes overnight Sunday to Monday in the besieged territory, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-ruled territory.
The Hamas government media office said Israeli bombardments have continued across the centre and southern end of the coastal Strip, including near hospitals.
Gazans have faced dire humanitarian conditions, and the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said on X that ‘there is very limited access to clean water and sanitation amid relentless bombardment’.
UNRWA itself is facing a major controversy after accusations that 12 staff members were involved in Hamas’s October 7 attack.
More than a dozen countries, led by the United States, suspended their funding to the agency after the claims surfaced.
The UN has announced an audit into the agency’s operations.
Before departing for the region, Blinken said that the humanitarian crisis would be one of his focuses.
‘Urgently addressing humanitarian needs in Gaza and advancing stability in the Middle East are priorities we share with Saudi Arabia,’ Blinken said he told Saudi foreign minister Faisal bin Farhan.
The Gulf state had been mulling establishing formal relations with Israel before the war.
After talks in January with de facto Saudi ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Blinken said he still saw a ‘clear interest’ in pursuing normalisation.
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