The Ministry of Health reported this Saturday that the death toll from the occupation army’s escalation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank has increased by 4,469 Palestinians since the aggression began on October 7.
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The death toll from Israeli attacks on Gaza rises to 4,218
At least 4,385 Palestinians died in the Gaza Strip, hospitals confirmed, and more than 14,000 were injured, showing that 70 percent of the dead were children, women and the elderly.
The number is expected to multiply as more people are killed and injured in the relentless attacks and bodies are pulled from beneath the rubble of their destroyed homes.
URGENT: Six HEROES from the Civil Defense team were seriously injured in an Israeli bomb attack on a Civil Defense headquarters in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah. pic.twitter.com/EyLJqCfmzu
— Palestine Today (@HoyPalestina)
October 21, 2023
In the West Bank, Israeli forces killed 84 Palestinians and injured more than 1,400, the Gaza Ministry said.
On the other hand, at least 53 Palestinians have been killed and dozens injured due to the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, which has already reached its fifteenth day.
According to Palestinian media reports, the occupying forces’ warplanes carried out several attacks on Palestinian homes in Jabalia, northern Gaza, in the early hours of this Saturday, killing 34 Palestinians and injuring dozens.
Death toll in Gaza rises
Here is the latest update from the Gaza Ministry of Health
So far, 4,385 people have been killed in Israeli attacks, including 1,756 children and 967 women. Another 13,561 people were injured.
70 percent of the victims of Israeli attacks are children, women and the elderly. pic.twitter.com/9gytM1q5UM— Ahmed ElHossiny (@Bioegyptian)
October 21, 2023
Another 19 Palestinians died in airstrikes on several areas of Rafah in southern Gaza, the Al-Tuffah neighborhood in eastern Gaza, Deir al-Balah and near Al-Shifa Hospital in the center.
Since the beginning of its aggression against Gaza, the occupying army has destroyed 5,500 residential buildings with 14,200 apartments, as well as dozens of service facilities and 160 schools.