The media office of the government in Gaza announced that the amount of explosives Israel dropped on Gaza in the last two weeks was almost as powerful as the atomic bomb dropped by the USA on Hiroshima. In the statement, “Israel has carried out attacks on Gaza using more than 12 thousand tons of explosives in the last two weeks. “This means 33 tons of explosives per square kilometer.”
In the blockaded Gaza, bombed by the occupying power Israel during this period, 6 thousand 546 civilians lost their lives and 17 thousand 439 civilians were injured. The Ministry announced that 2,704 of the civilians who lost their lives were children, 1,584 were women and 364 were elderly. The total amount of explosives dropped on Gaza is almost as high as the US explosives used by Japan during World War II. The atomic bomb dropped on the city of HiroshimaIt was emphasized that it coincided with the effect of
Half of the Buildings Destroyed
In the statement made by the Palestinian government, it was stated that Israel attacked Gaza with more than 12 thousand tons of explosives in the last two weeks and as a result of these attacks, approximately 33 tons of explosives It was stated that he fell. The statement also shared the information that more than 183 thousand houses, equivalent to half of the houses in the Gaza Strip, were damaged, and 28 thousand of them were completely destroyed or uninhabitable.
Gaza’s Fuel Stocks Are About to Be Exhausted
1.4 million of the 2.2 million population living in Gaza had to leave their homes due to Israel’s ongoing attacks since October 7. United NationsAccording to , it housed more than 590 thousand people in approximately 150 camps used as emergency shelters, mostly school buildings. In the statement, it was stated that twice the population capacity was trying to live in these camps. The United Nations also warned that there was a risk of stopping services in the camps due to Israel’s refusal to allow fuel entry.
United Nations Relief Agency for Palestine Refugees According to the warning made by (UNRWA), Gaza’s fuel stocks are about to run out and this means that no aid activities can be sustained. Gaza Ministry of Health Spokesperson Ashre al-Qudra emphasized the emergency situation in hospitals and stated that 7 thousand patients and injured people are at risk of death.
Premature Babies May Lose Their Lives in Case of Power Outage
Stating that hospitals in Gaza are used as shelters for the displaced, Kudra stated that medical personnel and officials should provide medical aid and fuel immediately and urgently. Additionally, doctors working at Şifa Hospital warned that 130 premature babies could die within 5 minutes in case of a power outage.
Adele Khodr, UN Children’s Fund UNICEF’s Middle East and North Africa Regional Director, stated that at least 2,360 children lost their lives in Israel’s attacks. Khodr stated that the situation in the Gaza Strip negatively affects the collective conscience and the rate of death and injury of children is a source of great sadness.
