Day 142: 29,782 Martyred , 70,043 Injured in Gaza

The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the number of Palestinians martyred since October 7 has risen to 29,782, with 70,043 injured. 

Furthermore, Israeli occupation forces committed 10 massacres in the past 24 hours, martyring 90 Palestinians and injuring 164 others. 

Hundreds of victims remain under the rubble as the Israeli occupation forces deliberately prevent ambulances and civil defense crews from reaching them. 

Palestinian infants are dying due to malnutrition 

Seven Palestinian infants died from malnutrition and starvation in 24 hours in the Gaza Strip, according to the Information Office in Gaza, Anadolu reported yesterday.

In a statement released on Saturday, the office warned of an impending catastrophe unless the Israeli genocide is ended and the blockade on Gaza is lifted. 

The statement explicitly pointed the finger at the United States for the famine unfolding in Gaza.

In further detail, a two-month-old infant named Mahmoud Fattouh was one of the seven infants who died from malnutrition at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, as per media accounts. This comes in the aftermath of the United Nations issuing a caution about a potential surge in child fatalities resulting from “Israel’s” aggression on the blockaded enclave.

68% of Israeli settlers oppose humanitarian aid to Gaza

According to a new opinion survey released yesterday, the majority of Israeli settlers reject transferring humanitarian supplies to Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip, where the occupation has continued its ongoing war for 142 days.

According to a study done by the “Israel Democracy Institute, more than two out of every three Israeli settlers, or 68% of respondents, oppose “the transfer of humanitarian aid to Gaza residents at this time.”

As per the opinion survey, the statistics are considerably worse among far-right Israelis, with the opposition accounting for 80% and four out of five.

FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol emphasized that all 2.2 million people in Gaza are in the top three hunger categories, from level three, which is considered an emergency, to level five, or catastrophe, saying, “We are seeing more and more people essentially on the brink of and moving into famine-like conditions every day.”

The findings of the Israeli poll came as the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported in a recent report that 550,000 people in Gaza are now experiencing “catastrophic” food insecurity.