Gaza Health: One martyr and 9 injuries within hours, and the total toll exceeds 72,000 dead

The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced today, Thursday, a slight increase in the number of casualties who were able to reach medical facilities, as hospitals received one martyr and nine injuries in the past few hours. Medical sources clarified that these figures are limited only to evacuated cases, given the ongoing field challenges faced by rescue teams.

The ministry stressed in its field statement that the announced statistics do not represent the true extent of human losses in the Strip, due to the presence of hundreds of victims who are still missing under the rubble of destroyed buildings or lying in rugged roads. It indicated that civil defense and ambulance crews face extreme difficulties in reaching these areas due to continuous targeting or lack of necessary capabilities to recover bodies.

Regarding the statistics recorded since the eleventh of last October, official data revealed the registration of 651 martyrs and 1,741 others injured with varying degrees of wounds. During this period, specialized teams were also able to recover the bodies of 756 victims who fell in earlier times of the aggression, reflecting the scale of the ongoing tragedy in various governorates of the Strip.

As for the cumulative toll since the outbreak of the aggression on October 7, 2023, the Ministry of Health announced that the total number of martyrs has risen to 72,136 martyrs, while the number of wounded and injured reached 171,839 people. These shocking figures confirm the enormous human devastation left by the continuous military operations over many months of intensive bombing.

The humanitarian suffering continues in the Gaza Strip with the deterioration of the health system and the inability to provide necessary care for thousands of injured people who overcrowd medical corridors. Health authorities appeal to the international community for urgent intervention to provide safe corridors for rescue teams to recover the missing and provide emergency medical aid to hospitals operating beyond their capacity.

This statistic does not reflect the reality on the ground due to the large number of victims under the rubble and in the streets, where civil defense teams are unable to reach them.