clear

Creating new perspectives since 2009

43 more Palestinians killed in Gaza as Israeli onslaught continues: Health Ministry

April 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm

Dead bodies of Palestinians killed in the Israeli attacks on the house belonging to the Abu Gula family at Nuseirat refugee camp, are taken from the morgue of al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital for burial in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza on April 10, 2024. [Ashraf Amra – Anadolu Agency]

At least 43 more Palestinians were killed and 62 others injured over the last 24 hours, as Israel continues its onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip, the territory’s Health Ministry said on Sunday, Anadolu reports.

“The Israeli occupation (forces) committed four massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, leaving 43 martyrs and 62 injured during the past 24 hours,” a ministry statement said.

“Many people are still trapped under rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” it added.

Flouting the International Court of Justice’s provisional ruling, Israel continues its onslaught on the Gaza Strip where at least 33,729 Palestinians have been killed, mostly women and children, and 76,371 injured since Oct. 7, according to Palestinian health authorities.

READ: Israeli army conducted 16 massacres daily since Oct. 7: Report

Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip since a cross-border attack by Hamas, which Tel Aviv says killed nearly 1,200 people.

The Israeli war on Gaza has pushed 85% of the territory’s population into internal displacement amid acute shortages of food, clean water and medicine, while 60% of the enclave’s infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed, according to the UN.

Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice. An interim ruling in January ordered Tel Aviv to stop genocidal acts and take measures to guarantee that humanitarian assistance is provided to civilians in Gaza.

Hostilities have continued unabated, however, and aid deliveries remain woefully insufficient to address the humanitarian catastrophe.

READ: Secret Agreements: The Australian-Israel Defence Memorandum of Understanding