Update | The number of Israeli deaths rises to over 300, while the number of Palestinian deaths rises to 232
More than 300 Israeli citizens died in the Islamist group Hamas’ attack on Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Israeli media reported on Sunday, citing medical sources.
The death toll could rise in the coming hours given the severity of some of the injuries, which sources said already numbered nearly 1,600.
On the Palestinian side, the death toll rises to 232 and the number of injured to 1,700, according to health ministry sources in Gaza, an area controlled by Hamas since 2007, when it drove out the forces of the nationalist movement Al Fatah. the President of the Palestinian Authority (PNA), Mahmoud Abbas.
Gaza’s Health Ministry accused Israeli forces of deliberately attacking medical staff and hospitals, killing three health workers, wounding three others and destroying five ambulances.
According to Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip, at least five buildings in Gaza have been destroyed by Israeli bombing and hospitals are under a state of emergency due to the situation.
In Gaza, thousands of civilians were evacuated from towns in the north of the Strip such as Beit Hanoun, Jabalia and Beit Lahia and fled to Gaza City to be housed in schools run by the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees due to the severity of the clashes.