Gaza’s Health Ministry said Tuesday that Israeli attacks killed 17 Palestinians and wounded 69 more over the previous 24-hour period as US-backed Israeli strikes continue to pound the Strip.
The Health Ministry’s numbers account for dead and wounded Palestinians brought to hospitals. “There are still a number of victims under the rubble and on the streets, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them,” the ministry wrote on Telegram.
Israeli attacks included the bombing of the entrance to a field hospital in al-Mawasi, an area of tent camps on the coast Israel has designated a so-called “humanitarian zone” but continues to bomb. A hospital spokesman told The Associated Press that the strike killed a medic and wounded nine other people, who were all either patients or medics.
So far, the Israeli military hasn’t commented on the attack. The IDF has systematically targeted medical infrastructure in Gaza, and the latest strike on a hospital came two days after Israeli airstrikes destroyed the al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital in Gaza City, a Christian-run facility, which was targeted on Palm Sunday. The IDF claimed the hospital was used as a Hamas “command and control center” but offered no evidence.
Also on Tuesday, Gaza’s Health Ministry released a statement warning about the shortages of medical supplies as Israel has imposed a total blockade on all goods entering the Strip since March 2.
“The medicine shortage crisis is hampering medical teams’ ability to provide emergency care to the wounded,” the ministry said. “Hundreds of patients and wounded are without access to medicine, and their suffering is increasing with the closure of the crossings.”
The ministry said that since Israel fully resumed its genocidal war on March 18, 1,630 Palestinians have been killed, and 4,302 have been wounded.
The ministry also said that its recorded death toll since October 2023 has reached 51,000, and the number of wounded has climbed to 116,343. Gaza’s Government Media Office has said that including Palestinians who are missing and presumed dead under the rubble brings the death toll to about 62,000. Other estimates that account for indirect deaths caused by the US-backed Israel siege put the death toll in the hundreds of thousands.
Hamas, lay down your arms and release all the hostages. Had Hamas done this 18 months ago, it would have saved the good people of Gaza 18 months of grief and chaos. Instead, Hamas vows that there will be more October 7's, leaving Israel with no choice but to continue.
You're barking up the wrong tree. Israel is guilty of 1000 "October 7's" over the 70 plus years they have abused Palestinians' human rights! The people being killed by Israel will guarantee an "anti-Israel element for the future, and that is exactly what Israel wants, a "terrorist" which it can use to "justify" further aggressions! Get a clue! Israel and the USA ARE the terrorists!
What is your primary source for that gem? Please be specific and not dodge the question.
How about 60,000 dead people (a horrible undercount) 70 % of the buildings leveled (and counting) and 90% of the people displaced (some several times). Bombing a densely populated area (majority of women and children) with 80,000 tons of bombs (and counting) that included thousands upon thousands of the 2,000 lb. variety. Putting a total siege on a population that was already food insecure BEFORE Oct 7th while having rules of engagement that allows killing anything that moves and justifying it because they said they would do it. Open your fucking eyes when you visit this site and see the piles of rubble and wonder what might be under that pile. All Isreal's CHOICE.
No, Hamas could have ended this at any time in the last 18 months by laying down their arms and releasing all the hostages. It is purely their choice to continue.
And Israel CHOSE to respond in the most barbaric way. You keep trying to justify what Israel is doing, and has done, and there simply is no justification. NONE.
No to you, because you have no skin in this game. Hamas initiated this mess and they could stop it at any time.
I did not see you complaining here when Hamas massacred Israelis and took hundreds of hostages of all ages to deliberately and purposely invite Israel into Gaza.
The Apartheid State of Israel rejected the Hamassian offer for the release of all hostages AND a permanent peace treaty.
It is purely the ASI's choice to continue this genocide.
1. Do you care if what you believe is true ?
2. Is it possible you could be wrong on any position you hold ?
3. If presented with facts proving you are wrong on any opinion you hold, could you change your position to reflect this reality ?
THREE. EASY. YES-OR-NO. QUESTIONS.
Why is this so hard for you ?
Hamas has to go or the cycle of violence will continue.
Answer my 3 questions to demonstrate you are worth talking to.
Zionist Jews could have ended this in 1948 by not killing, raping and chasing out Palestinians from their homes
They did, they accepted the UN Partition Resolution in 1947, declared their independence in 1948, and was accepted into the United Nations in 1949. Had Palestinian Arabs done this, they would be celebrating 77 years of independent statehood today, but instead they chose war and lost.
You have a problem with zionism but no problem with Islamism or terrorism in the name of Islam.
Why do you think the banner of Islam flies over 99,9% of the Middle East and North African landmass? You are just pissed it is not 100%
"Hamas could have ended this at any time in the last 18 months by lay-"
'IDF brave boy lil' pee here agin, Hamas – thinking I might HAVE TO take a few lil' liberties with this next here pretty little pregnant AY-rab, afore sticking it to her with my rifle barrel…
…Whut? 'Depraved misogynist butchery'? But don't you SEE? Yew AY-rabs leave me NO CHOICE now, do ya?'
Sorry, but I don't think that Anti-War would allow for us to document over 70 years of Israel UK, USA history here on these pages.
Do you even know how and why Israel was established?
If you don't want to study all that histroy, listen to Prof. Jeffrey Sachs. He will enlighten you about the real history of the region.
"allow for us" ??
This site's been publishing accurate summaries of all of that for ~25 YEARS now.
I was answering 'peepsqueek' who wanted proof. Who can gather all the 25 years together and summarize it and present it to him as proof?
Stepping back a nudge – should we even collate the obvious facts for someone that cannot & will not answer three simple yes/no questions to establish if they care about the truth, recognize that their opinion might be incorrect, and is willing to adopt a new position given convincing, verifiable evidence ?
It’s a “pearls before swine” situation. But not like that awesome comic strip.
Yes, Israel's international "birth certificate" is validated by the promise of the Old Testament, New Testament, and in the Quran; uninterrupted and interrupted Jewish settlements from the time of Joshua onward; the Balfour Declaration of 1917; the League of Nations Mandate; the United Nations Partition Resolution of 1947; declaration of Statehood in 1948; Israel's admission to the UN in 1949; the recognition of Israel by more than 180 other Countries; and, most of all, the society created by Israel's people in over seven decades of thriving, dynamic national existence.
Just as Palestine’s is validated by the same 1947 UN resolution, its declaration of statehood in 1988, its recognition by 146 other countries, and most of all by the society which has continued to exist and grow on the territory within its borders per that 1947 resolution.
The refusal by the Arab population of the mandate territory to accept UN Partition Resolution 181 (1947) demonstrated that Palestinian Arabs were not interested in establishing their own state if it meant allowing the existence of a Jewish State in the Middle East. This opposition to acknowledging the right of a Jewish state to exist still lies at the core of the conflict 77 years later, after Jews broke their backs to build a viable nation at the forefront of science and technology.
“The refusal by the Arab population of the mandate territory to accept UN Partition Resolution 181” neither relieves Israel of the obligations it undertook by accepting UNR 181 nor magically changes its borders to any other than those set in UNR 181.
The wars changed the borders between Gaza who was occupied by Egypt and the West Bank that was occupied by Jordan until the 1967 war in which Israel won and for security, they removed the Egyptian and Jordanian occupiers, who were targeting Israel before their was a single Israeli settlement in either location.
No, the wars didn’t change the borders. They just changed which foreign territory was occupied by Israeli troops.
Israel agreed to the UNR 181 borders as a condition of UN membership and has never re-negotiated that agreement.
"…not dodge the question…."
HOLY F**K, you're one to talk.
"What is your primary source for that gem?"
Sorry – since you keep plagiarizing – not listing yr "sources" – you lost all right to ask fr others' sources.
And he's so obvious.
What also could have saved tens of thousands of those "good people" would have been for Israel to show one iota of concern for their lives. But instead, Israel CHOSE to be the barbarians and used rules of engagement that only monsters would use.
Not true, as there are over two million people still alive in Gaza after 18 months of bombardment, with no food, fresh water, of basic human necessities. –Someone is not telling the truth or they would not be alive after a few weeks.
That doesn't have shit to do with what I said. Tens of thousands of women and children have been KILLED. That's what 80,000 tons of bombs being dropped on a densely populated area will do. You're getting your Hasbara talking points mixed up.
"You're getting your Hasbara talking points mixed up."
1/posted before reading – put more pointedly than i did
2/ how the fuck is it possible to even argue with someone when they're not only disgusting, but cannot comprehend what the fuck you just super clearly said?
It is all on Hamas who invited Israel into Gaza on Oct 7th 2023, by was of a genocidal massacre and the rounding up of hostages of all ages. Then refusing to lay down their arms and release all the hostages for 18 months. — Israel has been very generous as they have the power to turn Gaza into a parking lot over night. I, as an American would not be that generous.
"Someone is not telling the truth"
Youuuuuuuu.
"… or they would not be alive after a few weeks."
Not our fault or the Palestinians that your vaunted Apartheid State of Israel's fever dream isn't coming true on time & under budget.
For those of you who want to compare Israel with South African Apartheid, please answer theses questions:
Which Israeli hospitals refuse to admit Israeli Arabs?
Which Israeli restaurants refuse to serve Israeli Arabs?
Which Israeli universities refuse to admit Israeli Arabs?
Which Israeli buses refuse to board Israeli Arabs?
In what elections are Israeli Arabs not allowed to vote?
In what area of public life are Arab women not allowed to serve?
There are Arab Judges serving in Israel
There are thousands of Arab Israeli police officers protecting Israeli citizens
Arabs on the Israeli national sports teams
Dr. Marian Khatib has been appointed the director of the Breast Surgery Center at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. Dr. Khatib said that being an Arab has never been a barrier for her.
Samer Haj-Yehia is not just an Arab Chairman of the Board in the biggest bank of Israel, he also studied at Hebrew University.
Major Ella Waweya, an Arab woman has the rank of Major in the Israel Defense Forces.
If the Israeli regime wants to stop ruling the Palestinians outside its borders, that would be great.
As long as Israel insists on ruling Palestinians outside its borders, they’re entitled to all the things you list — and which they are denied.
Israel is not ruling them, they are control they for their own security, as you have to know that Palestinian Arabs have never controlled their own borders, allowing terrorist to come across and commit acts of terror on innocent Israelis and tourists if they happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
If Israel doesn’t want to rule them, Israel is free to stay within its own borders — something it continually chooses to not do. When you have tanks and troops amid a foreign population, telling it what to do and murdering those who don’t comply, you’re ruling that population.
Last chance to stop ducking & dodging my 3 question.
How is it that after 18 months of bombardment, with no food, fresh water, of basic human necessities. the population of Gaza actually grew if you add in all the new born babies over the last 18 months????? Last year there was a report of over 50,000 births in Gaza.
I know the good people of Gaza are suffering, but that is all on Hamas and their methods.
You’re repeating Holocaust Denier talking points. You really really shouldn’t.
1. Do you care if what you believe is true ?
2. Could you possibly be wrong on any position you hold ?
3. Given reliable evidence contrary to a position, could & would you change your opinion to agree with facts ?
LAST CHANCE, 2-Cheek-jakesqueek.
"Not true, as there are over two million people still alive in Gaza-"
1/ Now yr just babbling: See – being a murderous racist zionist on autopilot, you've trotted out the knee-jerk defense of Israel's genocide:
'Buh-but..if it were truly genocide, US-Israel woulda' mass murdered all th' dirty Gazans by now.'
Except the Rwanda genocide trials judged Hutus guilty of genociding Tutsis – 'cause legally, genocide is not defined by 'killing – or trying to kill – everyone.'
2/ But here – your legally worthless defense of genocide also fails to respond to what wars r u.s. actually says.
His point was Israeli choice: violating Geneva rules, Israel deliberately chose to kill more civilians – chose 'high-civilian-casualty,' largely indiscriminate warfare. Chose cutting off humanitarian aid as a method of war.
"Hamas, lay down your arms and release all the hosta-"
Right, or you'll have "no choice" but to start shooting pregnant Gazans in a maternity ward. One by one. In 'self-defense.'
'Not coming out, Hamas? – cuz it's manly lil' pee here – got my finger on the trigger n' the barrel on this here AY-rab girl belly – I just know yr hiding someplace in this maternity hospital. See, you leave me NO CHOICE!'
'Cept that's not a defense in war crime and genocide law – or any non-depraved law system – just inside yer murderous lil' pee brain.
Since 2005, Hamas and other terrorist groups in Gaza have launched over 20,000 rockets and mortars at Israel, carried out more than one hundred suicide bombings, and dug dozens of terror tunnels into Israeli communities. — Keep in mind that every rocket fired into Israel is an act of war, and ever rocket fired int Israel's civilian populated areas are war crimes. — Israel has waited too long to put a stop to it. I support Israel for the most part, I do not support unprovoked war crimes.
Another day, another round of mass killings by the IDF. This is background noise for the anaesthetized western populations
There were no Israeli settlements in the West Bank or Gaza for the first twenty years of Israel's existence, until the 1967 war when Israel was attacked on all sides, but it was never about settlements. Besides, can you name a time in history when Jews were forbidden to settle in the West Bank, the birthplace of many of their prophets?
Israelis removed themselves and all the settlements from Gaza in 2005 and it appeased no one. Within a few weeks of every last Israeli removing themselves, Hamas rockets began to down on Israel. Lesson learned!
The Talibanization of Gaza. In 2007, about 3,000 Gazans were Christian, out of the total population of 1.5 million. By 2011, the Christian population of Gaza Strip was less than 1,400. They are not even allowed to wear a crucifix in public. Today there are over two million Muslims in Gaza. How many Christians are left?