Watan- In a shocking statistic revealed by the Government Media Office in Gaza, the direct losses of the brutal aggression on the besieged sector have exceeded $30 billion so far, with the number of casualties from the Israeli aggression of martyrs, wounded, and missing reaching around 110,000.
The office statement indicates that 90% of the sector’s population has become displaced, and that the occupation committed 2,721 massacres during the past 155 days of aggression on Gaza, resulting in the martyrdom and loss of 30,960 individuals, including 13,500 children and 9,000 women.
In Gaza, there is no safe place for people to seek refuge
The Government Media Office also noted the martyrdom of 364 medical personnel, 48 civil defense personnel, and 133 journalists, with 23 children martyred due to famine, bringing the number of wounded to 72,524.
المكتب الإعلامي الحكومي بغزة: الخسائر المباشرة بسبب العدوان الصهيـ.ـوني حتى اللحظة أكثر من 30 مليار دولار pic.twitter.com/YpE3yK2hTl
— الجزيرة مصر (@AJA_Egypt) March 9, 2024
Meanwhile, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Saturday that the war in Gaza has shattered “all common humanitarian meanings” and warned that the situation in the sector is continuously deteriorating, with no safe place for people to seek refuge.
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— قناة الجزيرة (@AJArabic) March 9, 2024
The committee added that in light of this savage war, it has issued three urgent appeals, foremost among them to cease hostilities to allow aid to reach those in need, as well as to treat Palestinian detainees humanely and allow the International Committee to visit them and grant them the right to communicate with their families.
It is worth noting that on the 155th day of the war on Gaza, the occupation army continued its intensive shelling on the cities of the sector, especially Khan Younis and the central governorate, while the toll of malnutrition and drought victims rose to 23 after the martyrdom of 3 new children at the Shifa Medical Complex.
Meanwhile, the Al-Qassam Brigades, Al-Quds Brigades, and other resistance factions announced carrying out several attacks on occupation soldiers and vehicles in various areas of the sector.