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April 14 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The authorities of the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), have raised this Sunday to more than 33,700 Palestinian deaths due to the military offensive unleashed by Israel against the enclave after the attacks carried out on October 7 of 2023 by the Palestinian Islamist group.
The Gaza Ministry of Health has indicated in a statement that “the toll of Israeli aggression has increased to 33,729 martyrs and 76,371 wounded” and has said that during the last 24 hours the death of 43 people has been confirmed, as well as another 62 wounded. , in four “massacres” by the Israeli Army.
Thus, he pointed out that numerous victims “are still under the rubble” and “lying on the roads” and added that “the ambulances and Civil Defense personnel cannot reach them”, so the death toll could be higher. high, especially taking into account that the Gazan authorities estimate the missing persons at around 7,000.
The Israeli Army launched its offensive after the aforementioned Hamas attacks, which left around 1,200 dead and some 240 kidnapped. Added to these death tolls are more than 460 Palestinians killed since October 7 in the West Bank and East Jerusalem at the hands of Israeli security forces and in attacks carried out by settlers.
