Gaza’s Health Ministry reported Monday that 15,899 Palestinians have been killed since October 7 and that 70 percent were women and children.
Israel continues to bomb the devastated Gaza Strip and is facing an extreme humanitarian crisis. More than 1.9 million Gazans have been displaced. (Photo: Internet).
Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant visited the Gaza border this Monday and confirmed this The Israeli army has expanded its operation and begun operating in the south of the Gaza Strip. While Palestinian sources reported that the death toll was already approaching 16,000, Gallant noted that attacks in the Palestinian enclave could continue for another two months.
Gallant made this clear in statements to the American news channel ABC If the Israeli military offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip continues at the current pace, the conflict will last at least two more months.
He added that once Israel completes its military offensive, work in the enclave over the next few months will be to “clean up the area” and “eliminate pockets of military resistance.”
“The only way to deal with Hamas is to use violence. In the end they will give you something,” the Israeli minister explained, noting that the Palestinian militia “has two options: to die in the tunnels or on the surface, or to surrender unconditionally.”
After the Hamas attack on October 7, in which around 1,200 people died and nearly 240 were taken hostage, with some of them returned by the Islamic group in the final days of the ceasefire, Israel has launched a continuous operation of indiscriminate attacks and bombings Gaza developed. where the humanitarian crisis has reached extreme proportions and has given rise to increasing complaints of genocide at the international level.
Almost 16,000 Gazans have died in Israeli attacks
Gaza’s Health Ministry reported Monday that 15,899 Palestinians have been killed since October 7 and that 70 percent were women and children.
“The number of deaths is 15,899 and there are more than 42,000 injured.”Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Quedra said this at a press conference on Monday.
Attacks resumed in the Palestinian enclave on Friday, following the expiry of the humanitarian ceasefire agreed a week ago under the joint mediation of Qatar, Egypt and the United States.
