At least 180 dead in Israeli attacks in Gaza since the end of the truce

The toll of Palestinians killed due to the bombings carried out this Friday by the Israeli Army against the Gaza Strip has risen to nearly 180 deaths after the start of Israeli bombings against the enclave.

The Gaza Ministry of Health has indicated in a brief message on its account on the social network Facebook that the official toll of victims “due to the Israeli aggression since this morning” stands at 178 dead and another 589 injured.

Health spokesman Ashraf al Qidra had previously highlighted that “the temporary truce has not helped the health system” of the enclave, badly damaged by the offensive launched by Israel after the attacks carried out on October 7 by Hamas.. “We need to guarantee the delivery of medical supplies and fuel to all hospitals in Gaza,” he said.

In this sense, he stated that “the reality of the health system in Gaza and the north of the Strip is absolutely catastrophic because the main hospitals are out of service.”. “Medical facilities and clinics in Gaza are very limited,” he stressed, before explaining that the three hospitals that remain operational “cannot receive a large number of wounded.”

The authorities of the Strip, controlled by Hamas, have detailed that among the dead is photojournalist Abdullah Daruish, from the Palestinian television network Al Aqsa.. “The number of journalists who have fallen martyrs increases to 71,” he said in a message on his Telegram account.

“The killing of Palestinian journalists and media workers by the Israeli occupation seeks to hide the truth and is an attempt to scare and intimidate journalists from carrying out their duty in the absence of a Palestinian narrative. “, he has settled.

In the city of Rafá, in the south of the Strip, the authorities have already recorded four deaths after a bomb hit a house in a central neighborhood, while another three people have died from bombings in the Maghazi refugee camp, in the center of Gaza. In addition, the body of a Palestinian has been recovered from the rubble in the south of the enclave.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Hamas of “violating” the truce and releasing a new group of prisoners and has stressed that the country “is committed to achieving the objectives of the war”. For its part, the Israeli Army has claimed that Hamas violated the truce and claimed to have intercepted a projectile launched from the enclave.

The temporary truce, agreed with the mediation of Qatar and Egypt, came into force on November 24 with a duration of four days, although it was extended twice for a total of three more days.. On this occasion, the parties have failed to agree on a new extension, while Israel has rejected calls for a ceasefire.

The Israeli Army launched an offensive against the Palestinian enclave after the attacks carried out on October 7 by Hamas, which left some 1,200 dead and nearly 240 kidnapped.. The Gazan authorities, controlled by the Islamist group, have put the number of Palestinians dead at 15,000, to which another 230 are added at the hands of the Israeli Army and by attacks by settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.