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The authorities of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip condemned this Monday that the military offensive launched by Israel a year ago, following the October 7, 2023 attacks on Israeli territory, It has already killed more than 41,900 people, with women and children making up “more than 60 percent of the dead.”and more than 97,300 were injured.

The Gaza Ministry of Health indicated in a statement on Telegram that the Israeli offensive leaves 41,909 “martyrs” and 97,303 woundedwhile condemning the “genocidal war” against Gaza, “one of the most brutal chapters of Palestinian crime and bloodshed.”

Gaza authorities said on Sunday that the Israeli strikes had claimed the lives of about 17,000 children, including 171 infants and 710 children under one year of age, and they estimate that around 10,000 are missing, so there are fears that the death toll is much higher.

Moreover, he stated that more than 900 families lost all their members, which led to “his removal from the civil registry” and placed the death toll in the enclave this year at 36, including 175 journalists and 85 members of civil defense groups also killed due to Israeli attacks.

Regarding material damage, the press service of the Gaza authorities explained that 204 government buildings were destroyed.s, to which are added 125 schools and universities, 814 mosques, three churches, 19 cemeteries and 150,000 housing units.

For this reason, the Gaza Ministry of Health regrets that “The criminal occupier (…) intensified the bombing of the healthcare systemending what the occupation has caused after 18 years of siege,” before stressing that Israel is “deliberately depriving” the population of “a minimal opportunity to receive treatment” by blocking the delivery of medicine to the enclave and impeding the movement of patients.

He also stressed that Israeli troops “They made medical teams a target for their killings and arrests.” and clarified that among the dead were 986 medical workers, four of whom died “in Israeli prisons,” and more than 310 were detained by Israeli forces.

“Statistics recorded after a year of extermination war against Gaza show that the occupation is focused on destroying the health system. while almost 65 percent of medical facilities were attacked and the rest are working part-time and at 300 percent occupancy, especially in intensive care units and infirmaries,” he explained.

Additionally, he stated that it adds “Lack of drinking water, destruction of infrastructure and sewer networks and the ban on the import of sterilization and washing materials, which led to the spread of epidemics and diseases such as viral hepatitis, polio and skin diseases.”

“These systematic and persistent attacks on the healthcare system “They have denied more than two million people in Gaza access to basic health care,” – he said, clarifying that among these people there are more than 50 thousand pregnant women and 12 thousand cancer patients. “Hundreds of dialysis patients have died due to lack of medical care,” he said.

Therefore he indicated that “It is estimated that many more people have become martyrs due to lack of health services,” that is why he once again called on the international community to put pressure on Israel to “stop its aggression and killing machine” and allow thousands of wounded to leave Gaza for transfer to specialized hospitals abroad.

“The Gaza Ministry of Health also renews its demand for all stakeholders to find mechanisms that guarantee the supply of medicines to all hospitals, without restrictions and allow the entry of medical delegations,” he emphasized, while demonstrating his readiness to “continue fulfilling his humanitarian mission, regardless of the casualties.”

The offensive was launched by Israel following the aforementioned attacks on October 7, 2023, which They left about 1,200 dead and about 250 kidnapped. According to Israeli authorities. To this number must be added the nearly 725 Palestinians killed at the hands of Israeli security forces and in attacks carried out by settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since that date.

(Europe Press)