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Israel kills more than 65,000 in nearly two-year war on Gaza; 83 killed on Wednesday
(Al-Jazeera) At least 65,062 people have been killed and 165,697 wounded in attacks on Gaza after nearly two years of Israel’s war, the health ministry reports.
In the past 24 hours, the bodies of seven aid seekers and 87 wounded Palestinians were taken to hospitals across Gaza, it said on Wednesday. The latest toll raised the number of people killed at aid sites since the establishment of the GHF at the end of May to 2,504 with more than 18,381 injuries.
Displaced Palestinians, fleeing northern Gaza because of the Israeli ground invasion, move southward after Israeli forces ordered their mass expulsion [Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]
Four deaths recorded were caused by famine and malnutrition, increasing the number of dead from the Israeli-induced hunger crisis to 432, including 146 children.
Since the UN-backed IPC declared famine in Gaza last month, 154 deaths from malnutrition have been recorded, including 31 children.
On Wednesday, at least 83 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza medical sources revealed.
The figure included 61 people who were killed in Gaza City, where Israel is pressing its ground assault.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says another one of its Palestinian staff members has been killed after being wounded by shrapnel caused by an Israeli air attack – the 13th of the organisation’s employees to have been killed during Israel’s war on Gaza.
MSF said in a statement that Hussein Alnajjar, a nurse who worked for its clinics in Deir el-Balah and Khan Younis, died on Tuesday from injuries sustained five days earlier in the attack near his tent.
Alnajjar was a father of three children, and his sister-in-law and nephew were also wounded in the same incident.
“This is not a tragic accident; it is yet again a demonstration that there is no safe refuge anywhere in the Gaza Strip,” said the statement.
“We are outraged that military violence continues to kill our Palestinian colleagues.”
In the meantime, more than 7,500 Israelis have signed a petition urging recognition of a Palestinian state and an end to Israel’s devastating war on Gaza.
The petition was launched by Zazim, a Jewish-Arab grassroots movement, that said the initiative seeks to send “a clear, united Israeli message to the international community” before the UN General Assembly meets in New York City next week.
Organisers said they expect the number of signatories to exceed 10,000 before the session convenes on Monday.
“The recognition of a Palestinian state is not meant as punishment for Israel but as a step toward a better future based on mutual recognition and security for both peoples,” the petition said.
Zazim warned that without such recognition, Israel risks following the path advocated by far-right ministers – such as Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir – for “annexation, apartheid, and the continuation of war”.
Saudi Arabia has joined the chorus of condemnation of Israel’s ground offensive on Gaza City.
In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said the kingdom condemned “in the strongest terms” the Israeli forces’ assault and their continued perpetration of crimes against the Palestinian people.
It also criticised the international community’s inaction in taking effective measures to end to what it described as violations of international law and international humanitarian law.
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