A study published Friday by the British scientific journal The Lancet estimates that the official death toll could be 41% higher than data released by Gaza authorities, which put the number of victims at 46,000 (plus 11,000 missing).
More than 1600 families Palestinians have been completely eradicated and expunged from the archives on the Strip Loop after the death of all its members, in fifteen months of Israel’s military offensive, according to data collected by the Gaza government
In total there are 5,612 deceased people, members of these 1,600 families. In addition, There are 3,471 families left with only one living member.
Fifteen months of a brutal Israeli offensive in Gaza have left more than 46,000 dead in the Gaza Strip, along with 110,000 injured and more than 11,000 missing under the rubble, according to hospital data in the enclave verified by the Health Ministry.
However, this is evident from a study published yesterday by the British scientific journal estimates the Lancet that the the official death toll could be 41% higher than released data by the Gazan authorities, who They asked for international help to count the deadas many are still under the rubble, especially in the north.
Civil Protection and hospitals without being able to work
Since the end of October the Civil defense cannot operate in the north of the enclave, due to access problems and continued Israeli attacks on its equipment. Israeli forces have left more than 4,800 dead and missing in three places in that area, although figures are inconsistent due to the lack of access.
In addition, the Civil Protection today denounced that the fire and rescue vehicles They have had to stop their activities in Gaza City, in the Central Governorate and in Khan Younis, that is to say almost in the entire enclave, because of the lack of spare parts to repair the vehicles.
“The Israeli occupation, during its continued aggression, has destroyed most of the equipment, devices and repair parts available on the local market that met the minimum maintenance requirements of our vehicles,” the Civil Protection said, also citing a lack of knowledge demonstrates. fuel.
The lack of fuel It also threatens to leave the Strip without communications, and the Ministry of Communications warned last night for this reason of the gradual cessation of services within “a matter of hours”.
Even the few hospitals who are still active in the enclave – actually the Martyrs of Al Aqsa in Deir al Balah and the Naser and European of Khan Yunis – were on the verge of being out of service due to a lack of fuel, but the UN agencies managed to introduce several trucks in the last few hours.
“We have been informed by OCHA that they have managed to bring quantities of fuel and are working on the continuity of supplies to ensure that a crisis does not arise in the short term,” the Ministry of Health reported this Saturday.
Ceasefire negotiations in Gaza are in ‘final stages’, Hamas says
The conversations Qatar, Egypt and the United States have mediated to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip “final stage”to the to wait that one Israeli delegation According to sources close to Hamas, they are going to Doha to approve the text of the agreement.
The source, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter, said that the mediators are awaiting the arrival in Doha of an Israeli delegation – believed to be led by Mossad head David Barnea – to “confirm their approval of the latest changes” in the text of the agreement.
Latest preliminary version stipulates, under a first phasethe complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Philadelphia corridor – the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula – as well as the ‘partial’ withdrawal from several points of the Palestinian enclave.
During that period, Israeli forces will be able to maintain “checkpoints” in Gaza, while on the last day of the third phase, the occupying soldiers will be required to carry out a “complete withdrawal” from the enclave.
Steve Witkoff, the Special Envoy for the Middle East of the newly elected President of the United States, Donald Trumpyesterday discussed the progress of ceasefire talks with the Qatari authorities. Trump, who will take power on January 20, has insisted on this wants to end the wars in which the United States is involvedlike Gaza, and Hamas threatened to turn the Gaza Strip into one “hell on earth” if he does not release the hostages before that date.
Source: EITB
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