20 martyrs due to the occupation war of starvation against the Palestinians in Gaza Strip

Occupied Al-Quds –(ST)- The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that the number of victims of the war of starvation waged by the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip has risen to 20 martyrs, as a result of malnutrition and dehydration, pointing out that the famine in the northern Gaza Strip had reached fatal levels, especially for children, pregnant women, and chronic disease patients.

The Ministry explained in a statement on Wednesday that a 15-year-old child was martyred in Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City, and a 72-year-old man was martyred in Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, as a result of malnutrition and dehydration, which brings the number of victims of the starvation war to 20 martyrs, noting that the number of victims is increasing, because it reflects the number of martyrs who reach hospitals only, as dozens die silently as a result of starvation.

For its part, Palestinian media reported that during the last hours, enemy aircraft launched a series of raids on a mosque on Old Gaza Street in Jabalia al-Balad, north of the Gaza Strip, which led to the martyrdom  of six Palestinians and the injury  of others, including a woman and two girls. A number of others were also martyred and injured as a result of the occupation’s bombing for Several houses on Al-Sikka Street in Jabalia,  and a kindergarten in Tal Al-Zaatar, east of the camp.

. In the northern Gaza Strip, a number of Palestinians were martyred and wounded in an israli air strike on a car in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, east of the city, coinciding with the launch of other raids on the Al-Tuffah neighborhood,  and on a residential tower, and northeast of Al-Bureij camp. Artillery also fired 10 shells at homes in the Sheikh Ajlin and Tal Al-Hawa neighborhoods, southwest of the city, causing several casualties.

In the central Gaza Strip, seven Palestinians were martyred and 14 others were injured as a result of the occupation forces firing bullets at a group of Palestinians near the Wadi Gaza Bridge and on Salah al-Din Street, while artillery shelling continued on the northwestern areas of the Nuseirat camp.

As for the south of  Gaza Strip, two young men were martyred as a result of the occupation’s bombing of a group of Palestinians in the Al-Qarara area north of Khan Yunis, while a number of others, including children, were injured in the bombing of a house in the mills area. The bodies of 49 martyrs were also recovered from different areas in Khan Yunis, after being missing for days as a result of the israeli bombing, simultaneously with the occupation forces arresting to 250 Palestinians from residential towers west of Khan Yunis.

In Rafah, south of Gaza Strip, a child was martyred in an artillery shelling on the airport area in the eastern region,  another young man was martyred ,and others were injured as a result of a similar bombing on the town of Al-Shoka.

Hanan Shamout