Gaza’s Health Ministry said Tuesday that Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip killed at least 36 Palestinians and wounded 96 in the previous 24-hour period as the daily US-backed slaughter continues.
The ministry only counts dead and wounded Palestinians who are brought to hospitals and morgues. “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 said.
Israeli attacks on Tuesday included a strike on a residential building in Beit Lahia, a northern city that’s been under total siege since early October as part of Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign.
According to Al Jazeera, at least 12 were killed in the strike, and many died due to the lack of medical care. “Many of the wounded were transferred on foot or by civilian vehicles or carts pulled by animals,” said Al Jazeera reporter Hani Mahmoud.
Multiple Israeli strikes were reported in Gaza City, including one on Tuesday evening that hit a home. According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, at least five civilians were killed in the attack, and others were wounded.
A WAFA correspondent also reported Israeli strikes near a mouse in the al-Shati refugee camp, which is located west of Gaza City on the coast. Multiple people were killed and wounded in the attack, but it’s unclear how many.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said the latest violence brought its death toll to 44,502 and the number of wounded to 105,454.
A group of American healthcare workers who volunteered in Gaza estimated in an open letter to President Biden in October that the US-backed Israeli onslaught has killed at least 118,908 Palestinians, a total that includes indirect deaths caused by the Israeli siege. Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, who led the letter, told Antiwar.com in a recent interview that the estimate was the bare minimum they came up with by looking at the available data.
