Day 414 of Genocide in Gaza: 44,176 Martyrs, 104,473 Injuries

“Israel” continues its war of genocide against the Gaza Strip, now ongoing for the 414th day, with the Gaza Health Ministry announcing that over the past 48 hours, the Israeli military committed seven massacres, resulting in 120 martyrs and 205 injuries, with many victims still trapped under rubble or out of reach due to Israeli bombardment.

Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation has killed 44,176 Palestinians and injured 104,473 others, the ministry confirmed Saturday in its daily report.

On Saturday morning, Gaza’s Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal reported that 19 people, including children, were killed, and over 40 others injured in Israeli raids and heavy artillery bombardments that struck various areas of the Palestinian territory at dawn.

Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported that two people were killed in an Israeli bombardment on the al-Manshiya neighborhood in the town of Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip, in addition to an Israeli raid targeting al-Quds Street in Jabalia al-Balad, north of the Strip.

In the center, the eastern areas of the al-Bureij and al-Maghazi refugee camps were targeted by Israeli artillery shelling, along with the al-Zaytoun and al-Sabra neighborhoods in southern Gaza City. These attacks occurred alongside gunfire from occupation vehicles.

IOF disrupt electricity, oxygen, and water in Kamal Adwan Hospital

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces continue to target Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, where two people were killed and several others injured when Israeli aircraft struck a group of civilians at the hospital’s northern entrance.

In this context, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, described the situation as “a tragic day added to the series of relentless bombings on the hospital.” He explained, “Yesterday (Friday), from the afternoon until midnight, the hospital’s reception and emergency department entrance was directly targeted multiple times.”

He explained that the bombing also targeted “the hospital gates, courtyards, and electricity generators, resulting in 12 injuries, including doctors, nurses, and administrative staff.”

The hospital director noted that the bombing caused “a disruption of the electrical generator, as well as the oxygen and water networks, instilling terror and fear among the injured, sick children, and women in the hospital.”

He said that the hospital currently has “86 injuries, eight cases in intensive care, and 13 children receiving treatment in the children’s department.”

Abu Safiya explained that the hospital had begun recording cases of malnutrition in the children’s department, calling on the world to “urgently intervene to bring in surgical medical delegations, medical supplies, and ambulances.”

He also called for “international protection” for the healthcare system and personnel in the north, emphasizing the need to “preserve the lives of patients and the wounded who require continuous humanitarian care, even with limited resources.”

Journalist martyrs in the Gaza Strip to 189

In a related context, the Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip reported that the number of journalist martyrs had risen to 189 since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.

The Media Office strongly condemned the Israeli occupation’s targeting, killing, and assassination of Palestinian journalists, holding it fully accountable for this heinous crime.

The number rose following the killing of Wael Ibrahim Abu Qafa, a journalist and lecturer in the Department of Journalism and Media at the Islamic University.

It urged the international community, global organizations, and those involved in journalism to hold the occupation accountable, prosecute it in international courts for its ongoing crimes, and apply pressure to halt the genocide and the targeted killings and assassinations of Palestinian journalists.