Death toll of Israel-Palestine conflict rises to 4,208
The death toll of the Israel-Palestine conflict has risen to 4,208. The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced their concerns of diseases spreading, including cholera, are growing.
News Center- Death toll of Israel and Palestine conflict that started following the “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood” by Hamas on Israel on October 7 keeps rising. As a result of Israel’s airstrikes on Tuesday targeting Khan Younis, a city in the southern Gaza Strip, many injured people were taken to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Israeli warplanes also targeted the Nuseirat refugee and Al-Shati refugee camps.
According to Palestinian news agency WAFA, at least seven Palestinians were killed and 12 more were injured in Israeli airstrikes on a residential building in the city of Deir al-Balah. Dozens of Palestinians were killed, and dozens of others were injured on Tuesday in an Israeli bombing that targeted a number of homes in Rafah and Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
The death toll of Israeli attacks on the West Bank since October 7 has risen to 60. So far, 2,808 Palestinians have been killed and 10,850 more people have been injured in Israeli attacks on Palestine. According to the reports, 1,400 Israelis were killed in Hamas’s attacks on Israel.
UNICEF: Children in Gaza are now forced to use dirty water
The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) announced on October 16 that children and families in Gaza have practically run out of water. “They are now forced to use dirty water from wells, increasing risks of waterborne diseases. We need an immediate humanitarian pause to ensure unhindered and safe access to children and families in Gaza.”
Palestinian Health Ministry: We concern of the spread of infections
Rami Al-Abadla, director of the primary healthcare department at the Gaza-based Health Ministry, announced their concerns of the spread of infections such as cholera due to lack of water.
EU leaders to hold emergency virtual summit on Tuesday
Charles Michel, President of the European Council, said on Saturday that he had convened a video conference summit of European Union leaders on Tuesday to discuss the Hamas attacks on Israelis and Israel's response.
‘The Al-Qassam Brigades has about 200 prisoners’
Al-Qassam Brigades spokesperson Abu Obaida published a video on Monday and said that he estimated that the Al-Qassam Brigades had 200 or 250 hostages. “There are people from different nationalities among the captives. They are our guests, we seek to protect them and the moment the conditions on the ground allow, we will release them.” He added that the ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed at least 22 Israelis, including Guy Olives, a Tel Aviv-based Israeli artist.