The Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip announced that the number of Palestinians killed in the war of extermination led by the Israeli occupation has risen to 70,112 martyrs and 170,986 wounded since October 7, 2023.
In its latest update issued on Monday, the ministry confirmed that 356 Palestinians have been martyred and 909 injured since the ceasefire took effect on October 11 of this year, due to Israeli occupation fire targeting various areas across the Strip.
The ministry also reported that civil defence teams have recovered the bodies of 616 martyrs who were killed before the ceasefire but remained trapped under debris as bombardment had prevented their retrieval.
Bodies continue to arrive as rescue efforts remain hindered
Over the past 24 hours, hospitals in Gaza received the bodies of 9 martyrs who died during previous attacks, in addition to one injured Palestinian seeking treatment.
According to the Health Ministry, many victims are still trapped under rubble and in the streets, as ambulance and civil defence crews remain unable to reach them due to continuous threats and restrictions imposed by the Israeli occupation.
The ministry warned that the true scale of the humanitarian disaster in Gaza cannot yet be fully measured while families continue to search for missing loved ones amid widespread destruction.
Hamas urges global action as ‘Israel’ violates ceasefire
Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas has called for intensified global mobilisation against the Israeli occupation and its ongoing violations, coinciding with the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, marked each year on November 29.
In a statement, the movement said this year’s occasion comes nearly fifty days after the implementation of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. Hamas stressed that the Israeli occupation continues to undermine the truce “deliberately and brazenly” through artillery and air strikes, field assassinations, and the ongoing ban on the entry of humanitarian aid into the besieged enclave.
Hamas accused the occupation government of escalating aggression, settlement expansion, and Judaization policies in the occupied West Bank and al-Quds, calling it a blatant violation of international law and UN resolutions, and warning that the absence of accountability encourages further “terrorism, arrogance, and criminal schemes.”
The movement reaffirmed that “the land of Palestine, with al-Quds and the blessed al-Aqsa Mosque at its heart,” remains “Arab Palestinian land, where the usurping Zionist occupation has no legitimacy and no sovereignty.”
