According to the latest tally by the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip Health Ministry, the number of Palestinian civilians killed since the start of the Israeli offensive in Gaza following the Hamas attacks on Israeli territory on October 7 has reached 18,205.
For their part, the injured number 49,645 and most of them not receive medical help due to the impossibility of traveling to the north of the Gaza Strip.
This was reported by the Gaza Strip authorities, who are asking for international assistance so that medical teams from around the world can go to the Gaza Strip to “save the lives of the injured.”
“We lost hundreds of people who were and were injured They are waiting to be transported from the Gaza Strip to receive medical treatment,” reports the Hamas-affiliated Palestinian newspaper Filastin.
Thousands of injured people are at risk of dying due to a lack of medical care
“The occupation forces have prevented the wounded from being treated in medical centers in the northern Gaza Strip because relocation is impossible,” he stressed. In addition, he has accused Israeli authorities of targeting hospitals and medical centers in the Gaza Strip as a “direct target” of their attacks, which they are suffering from “Acute shortage of medicines and medical supplies”according to information from the Palestinian news agency WAFA.
The hospitals in the area that are still operational are working with “primitive methods” and without “anesthesia”. In this sense, the authorities in the Gaza Strip accuse Israel Engaging in “piracy” when Palestinian resources are frozen obtained through tax collection. “This is reflected in all aspects, especially in the health sector, which is suffering from significant cuts and disruptions due to the inability to pay for necessary supplies,” he said.
