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100 days of war in Gaza killed 24,000 people; Israeli attacks continue despite global protests

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According to the Ghazati Health Ministry, 100 days after the Israeli military operation began in the Gaza Strip in response to an October 7 attack by Palestinian militias

According to the Ghazati Health Ministry, 100 days after the Israeli military operation began in the Gaza Strip in response to an October 7 attack by Palestinian militias that killed 1,200 people, 23,968 people have already been killed and 60,582 injured.

“70 percent of the victims of Israeli aggression are children and women,” ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said in a message published on Telegram.

“According to hospital data in the last 24 hours, the Israeli occupation carried out eleven massacres of families in the Gaza Strip, resulting in 125 martyrs and 265 injured,” Al-Qudra said.

The spokesman warned that these figures are preliminary as “there are victims who are still under the rubble and on the streets, and ambulance and civil defense teams cannot reach them.”

In addition, he said that the Israeli invasion had forced about two million people to flee their homes “in harsh conditions and under the threat of famine, the spread of disease and epidemics.”

After 100 days of aggression, we call on international institutions to take effective and targeted action to avoid a humanitarian and health catastrophe among displaced people.

A ministry spokesman condemned that Israeli forces had “deliberately” devastated entire neighborhoods along with their families and deplored the “deliberate collapse of the health care system and its infrastructure.”

“As a result of the occupation, 337 medical workers died, and another 99 were detained in difficult conditions (…). “They deliberately attacked 150 medical centers, disabled 30 hospitals and 53 medical centers and destroyed 121 ambulances,” Al-Qudra explained.

“We call at the international level to promote new mechanisms that guarantee the import and flow of medical care, medicines, field hospitals and the departure of the wounded and sick for treatment abroad,” called on a representative of the Gaza Ministry of Health.

Fierce fighting rocks the Gaza Strip

Israeli tanks and planes attacked targets in the south and central Gaza Strip on Sunday, with heavy gunfire in some areas, marking 100 days of war since the Oct. 7 attack led by militants from the Islamist Hamas movement.

Telecommunications and internet services were down for the third day in a row, hampering the work of emergency crews and ambulances trying to help people in battle-stricken areas.

The fighting was concentrated in the southern town of Khan Younis, where Hamas said its fighters knocked out an Israeli tank, and in al-Bureij and al-Maghazi in central Gaza, where the army said several militants were killed.

The army also said its forces destroyed several rocket batteries that Hamas used to launch rockets into Israel.

Hamas: “We do not seek war. “We are looking for freedom”

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh praised the group’s Oct. 7 attack, which Israel said destroyed Israeli settlements around the Gaza Strip, killed more than 1,200 people and took about 240 hostages.

“We are not looking for wars. We strive for freedom,” he said, saying the attack was partly a response to the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, which Hamas has controlled since 2007.

The Israeli military says it has moved to a new phase of the war focused on the southern tip of the territory, where nearly two million people are now sheltering in tents and other temporary accommodations, after an initial phase focused on clearing out the far north. including Gaza City.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected calls for a ceasefire and said Israel will continue until it achieves complete victory over Hamas. However, the army claims that the next stage of the war will involve more targeted operations against movement leaders and military positions.

Netanyahu presents a “military budget” to continue the offensive

Israel is preparing for 2024 with a “military budget” that will increase military spending in the face of the conflict with Hamas in Gaza and regional escalation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today ahead of a cabinet vote meeting. plan.

Netanyahu confirmed that the offensive to eliminate the Islamist group in the sector “will still take many months,” so what he called a “war budget” was presented to the cabinet today, his office said in a statement.

“Although this budget is annual, it is also designed “for a year in which we are at war,” Netanyahu stressed.

“This requires us to spend much more on security than we planned,” the president added.

The goal, he added, is to give Israel the resources to continue fighting the conflict until it ends with the “elimination of Hamas” in the Gaza Strip, the “return of the hostages” who remain in the Gaza Strip, and the “restoration of security in the Gaza Strip.” north.” and south” of Israel so that tens of thousands of residents evacuated due to escalating regional violence “can return to their homes.”

Netanyahu said expenses added to this year’s budget revision include financial assistance and compensation for some 360,000 mobilized reservists.

There are also plans to allocate funds for the reconstruction of communities and kibbutzim (collective farms) that were destroyed or seriously damaged during the Hamas attack on October 7, and more money is expected to be allocated “for the return of evacuees.”

The Prime Minister assured that in order to increase military spending, cuts would be made in a number of ministries, including his own.

Hundreds of thousands protest ‘genocide’ in Gaza around the world

Hundreds of thousands of people protested this Saturday in 30 countries, in cities such as London, Washington and Kuala Lumpur, to condemn Israel’s “genocide” in the Gaza Strip.

Protests also took place in Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Colombo, Hyderabad and Amman.

The seventh National March for Palestine took place in London with the participation of former Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and the president of the Irish Sinn Féin party, Mary Lou McDonald.

During the march, a giant “Little Amal” doll depicting a Syrian refugee girl was displayed next to a group of Palestinian boys and girls.

“Not on our behalf,” said Labor MP Zara Sultana.

In addition, participants protested against British involvement in the US-British bombing of Yemen in response to Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea.

In Washington, President Joe Biden has been the focus of criticism as “Genocide Joe.”

“We will remember in November,” people chanted, referring to the Nov. 5 presidential election in which Biden is running for re-election.

In Kuala Lumpur, a demonstration was organized in front of the US Embassy in Malaysia.

“We spoke to people who came to express their solidarity with the Palestinians.

“People came with banners with slogans like ‘Stop genocide’ or ‘Bombing children is not self-defense,'” Al Jazeera correspondent Florence Louis said.

Protests also took place in Jakarta, Indonesia, also in front of the American embassy, ​​where Palestinian and Indonesian flags flew.

They also displayed banners with slogans such as “Boycott Israel” or “Cease fire now.”

In Johannesburg, South Africa, the meeting took place in front of the American consulate, where the United States was accused of aiding Israel in supplying tons of military equipment.

“We are going to stay here until we can secure a ceasefire and sufficient humanitarian aid for Gaza,” South African Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign spokesman Roshan Dadoo said.

According to Europa Press, Reuters and EFE.

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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