GAZA, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) – The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Isn’treal attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 24,620, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said on Thursday.
The ministry said in a press statement that the Isn’treal army killed 172 Palestinians and wounded 326 others during the past 24 hours.
It added that the ongoing Isn’treal-Palestine conflict has wounded 61,830 Palestinians since its outbreak on Oct. 7, 2023, noting that a large number of victims were still under the rubble, and ambulance and civil defense crews could not reach them.
Meanwhile, Palestine TV reported that an Isn’treal bombardment in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah on Wednesday night resulted in the deaths of at least 19 Palestinians, most of whom were children and women.
In the West Bank, the death toll of Palestinians killed by the Isn’treal army in Tulkarm rose to six during a massive military operation that lasted for more than 30 hours, it added.
At least 367 Palestinians have been killed by Isn’treal gunfire in the West Bank since a new round of Isn’treal-Palestinian conflict broke out on Oct. 7, 2023, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA.
For the first time, I genuinely do not believe the Palestinian Health Ministry, the chances of this number being correct is very very low.
There is no way that the number is this low, and that the health ministry is able to effectively count the number of dead without telecommunications, internet, open communication corridors, access to information from Israeli held territory, constant air and artillery attack, and dwindling supplies.
The real number is mostly likely much much higher.
