The Government Information Office in Gaza said, on Tuesday evening, November 7, 2023, that more than 13,500 have been killed and missing since the beginning of the Israeli aggression against the besieged Strip, at a time when it has been subjected to an intense bombing campaign for more than a month and the supply of water, electricity, food and fuel has been cut off.

The media office reported that the toll of dead, in addition to those missing, reached 10,328 persones, including 4,237 who were children, in addition to 25,956 wounded since the beginning of the aggression against Gaza.

The office noted that 46% of the number of dead were from the southern regions, “which the occupation says are safe.”

It also pointed out that more than 30,000 tons of explosives were dropped on Gaza within a month, and that 40,000 housing units have been completely demolished so far, pointing out that the occupation has committed 1,071 massacres against the people of the Gaza Strip since the start of the war on October 7 last.

In the same context, the office warned that one and a half million displaced people reside in shelters, including schools and hospitals, and explained that the occupation “took advantage of the flight of dozens of citizens to talk about opening a humanitarian corridor.”

Violent bombing of Gaza

This comes as the Gaza Ministry of Interior announced, on Tuesday evening, that the Israeli occupation launched a series of “violent” raids on Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip, with Israeli bombing continuing on several areas in the Gaza Strip.

Earlier Tuesday, the Ministry of Health in Gaza revealed that the death toll in Gaza had risen to 10,328 Palestinians, including 4,237 children who died in the Israeli occupation strikes on the Gaza Strip that have continued for more than thirty days.

While the Ministry of Health added that the occupation committed 21 massacres in the past hours, resulting in the martyrdom of 548 Palestinians.

Tens of thousands displaced

Also at dawn on Tuesday, the government media office in the Gaza Strip announced that 70% of the population of the Gaza Strip have been forcibly displaced from their homes.

The office said in a press release, under the title “Scary Humanitarian Figures and Statistics,” that “70% of the population of the Gaza Strip (2.3 million people) have been forcibly displaced from their homes, due to bombing and raids.”

He added that about 2% of the total population of the Gaza Strip became direct victims as a result of this aggression, either as martyrs or wounded. He also pointed out that the hospitals of the Gaza Strip receive, on average, a wounded person every minute since the beginning of the aggression, and 15 martyrs every hour, and that the average number of child martyrs is 6. Every hour, and 5 females per hour.

The office added that "30 thousand tons of explosives were bombed in the Gaza Strip, with an average of 82 tons per square kilometer," and pointed out that "half of the hospitals in the Gaza Strip and 62% of primary care centers have stopped and are effectively out of service."

This comes with the worsening deterioration of the humanitarian and health conditions in most parts of the Strip, especially Gaza City and its northern governorate (within 5 that make up the Strip); As a result of the ongoing Israeli siege.

Since the outbreak of the current war, Israel has cut off supplies of water, food, medicine, electricity, and fuel to the residents of the Gaza Strip, who are about 2.3 million Palestinians who already suffer from extremely deteriorating conditions. As a result of an ongoing Israeli siege since Hamas won the legislative elections in 2006.

For 32 days, the Israeli army has been waging a “destructive war” on Gaza, which resulted in the martyrdom of more than 10,328 Palestinians, including 4,237 children and 2,741 women, and the injury of more than 25,000 others, in addition to the martyrdom of 163 Palestinians and the arrest of 2,215 in the West Bank, according to the report. Official sources.