On Sunday (23), the regional Ministry of Health said that more than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the Israeli war with Hamas began.
The Ministry has reported 41 other deaths during the past 24 hours, which raised the number to 50,021.
The authorities in Gaza are not distinguished by civilians in Hamas and fighters by reporting the numbers of victims, but the Ministry of Health and the United Nations says that most deaths are women and children. The actual number can be much higher due to the reports of thousands of Palestinians under the rubble.
The deaths increased when Israel resumed the war with Hamas this week, as it ended the two -month ceasefire in Gaza.
On Tuesday (18), the new air attacks were distinguished by one of the bloody days for the Palestinians since the beginning of the war, with More than 400 dead with Israeli fireAccording to the Ministry of Health. On Wednesday (19), Israel also resumed The ground process in the pocket.
Israel launched a war against Hamas in Gaza on October 7, 2023, following the sudden attack of the Palestinian Group in southern Israel, which killed 1,200 people, most of them civilians and hostages, according to the Israeli authorities.
Hamas described the last attack of a “dangerous new violation” of the ceasefire agreement. The group says it is committed to the ceasefire it signed with Israel in January, but on Thursday (20) it launched its first popularity against Israel Crack came in collapse.
The residents of Gaza had no great hope that the killing would decrease, as the Israeli authorities warn that what would come would be much worse.
Defense Minister Israel Katz Hamas has warned this week that Israel would maintain a permanent presence in parts of Gaza unless the Israeli hostages are released.
Katz said on Friday that he issued instructions to the Israeli army “to take additional areas in Gaza with the removal of the population and the expansion of security areas around the pocket to protect societies and soldiers from the Israeli forces by maintaining permanent lands by Israel.”
Soon after the start of the new campaign, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: “I want to assure you: This is just the beginning“.
Almost all of Gaza residents, more than two million people, were transported from their homes. Enclave’s health system is exposed to severe damage, as hospitals have often become the center of fighting.
A humanitarian crisis and hunger are intensified in parts of Gaza, as Israel prevented the entry of aid in the region earlier this month, and prevented its last distribution.
Negotiations to extend the ceasefire slow from the day when it entered into force, January 19.
Hamas insisted on preserving the initial structure signed with Israel in January, which would have led the parties to move to the second stage on March 1.
Under the conditions of the second stage, Israel will completely withdraw Gaza and adhere to the permanent end of the war. On the other hand, enthusiasm will liberate all live hostages.
The second stage never occurred, and Israel resumed the war, citing the alleged rejection of Hamas “proposals for the American mediation” and “its threats to harm the Israeli army and societies” as a justification for the Gaza attacks.
Israel does not ignore that a large number of Palestinian civilians were killed in the war in Gaza. However, it has long argued that the Ministry of Health numbers is exaggerated and that Hamas is graduating from civilians, using them as “human shields”.
The United Nations and the US State Department have repeatedly said it believed that the numbers of the Ministry of Health are accurate, and independent academic studies have estimated that the real number is likely to be much higher.
A CNN You cannot independently verify the numbers and the Israeli government does not allow foreign journalists to enter Gaza independently.
