Gaza’s Health Ministry said Monday that Israeli forces killed at least 39 more Palestinians and wounded another 137 in the previous 24-hour period.
The ministry’s figures are based on the number of dead and wounded Palestinians that arrive at hospitals and morgues. “The Israeli occupation commits 4 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, of which 39 martyrs and 137 injuries arrived at hospitals during the past 24 hours,” the ministry wrote on Telegram.
The latest violence brings the ministry’s recorded death toll since October 7, 2023, to 41,909 and the number of wounded to 97,303. The numbers are an undercount since they don’t account for the estimated Palestinians missing and presumed dead under the rubble or the indirect deaths caused by the Israeli siege.
The ministry said in a statement marking one year of Israel’s genocidal war that it’s estimated “many times those who were martyred died as a result of the lack of medical services.”
In an open letter to President Biden and Vice President Harris, 99 American healthcare workers who volunteered in Gaza said they believe over 118,000 Palestinians have been killed, a number that accounts for starvation deaths and other indirect causes.
The Israeli military on Monday issued a new evacuation order for the southern city of Khan Younis, claiming a rocket attack that targeted central Israel was launched from there. Hamas’s armed wing, al-Qassam Brigades, took credit for the attack. Israeli warplanes struck Khan Younis as Palestinian civilians were fleeing the city. Nowhere is safe in Gaza as Israel has repeatedly targeted so-called “safe zones” throughout the past year.
Israeli forces also launched artillery strikes on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, killing at least eight and wounding dozens. On Sunday, Israel ordered all remaining Palestinians in northern Gaza to head south, signaling the start of an ethnic cleansing plan that’s been reviewed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israeli strikes also targeted areas of central Gaza on Monday. According to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, at least three Palestinians were killed by Israeli strikes on the Nuseirat and Bureij refugee camps.
