GAZA: Health Ministry in Gaza has said that 178 Palestinians have been killed since Israel resumed strikes on the Gaza Strip following expiration of ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. In a statement, the Ministry said that 178 Palestinians have been killed and more than 589 wounded since morning. It added that most of the killed and injured are children and women. Israel restarted its lethal bombing of the Strip shortly following the week-long ceasefire expired at 0500 GMT. The Israeli military said it had struck over 200 targets in the Strip.
Gaza media office said that field hospitals immediately needed as Israel restarts offensive in the Gaza Strip. It has called on regional and Muslim countries to immediately establish field hospitals in Gaza to save “tens of thousands of wounded people”.
178 Killed as Israeli Bombardment of Gaza Resumes
Earlier, Arab media reported that footage verified by it shows numerous curls of smoke in the sky from Israeli military strikes on Khan Younis. Israel resumed its bombardment of Gaza in the morning following a seven-day ceasefire expired without being extended. Khan Younis is located in southern Gaza, where thousands of Palestinian people have fled from bombing beyond north.
The Palestinian Red Crescent (PRCS) said that Israeli forces told “all entities and organizations” operating at the crossing that the entry of aid trucks is “barred, starting from today” and until further notice. In a statement via social media, it added that the decision aggravates the suffering of people and increases the challenges facing relief and humanitarian organizations in alleviating the hardships of people and displaced persons due to the current aggression.
🚨 Urgent-PRCS: The Israeli Occupation prevents the entry of aid through the Rafah border crossing.
⚠️ Today, Israeli occupation forces informed all organizations and entities operating at the Rafah border crossing that the entry of aid trucks from the Egyptian side to the #Gaza…
— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) December 1, 2023
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly denounced the Israeli occupation’s resumption of its brutal military aggression against Gaza, adding it embodies a current war crime that deserves punishment and accountability, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Friday.
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According to the SPA, the OIC called on the international community, the UNSC to assume its responsibilities and duties towards imposing a truce that would put an end to these continuing Israeli crimes that led to the death and injury of over ten thousand innocent people, mostly women and children, in flagrant violation of global humanitarian law.
