Sunday marked one year of the Israeli invasion of the besieged Gaza. The death toll in the valley has been steadily increasing during this period. Even after a year, the march of death does not stop.
Many buildings have collapsed due to Israel's sudden attack. The whole of Gaza has been reduced to rubble. no food no water There is no safe haven. All in all, the residents of Gaza are counting the days in disorientation due to the acute humanitarian crisis.
Apart from the fear of Israeli bullets and hunger, they are also spending their days in fear of the epidemic. All around the danger-ridden Gaza is howling. Yet there is no stopping the war. Aljazeera, Reuters.
Number of killed and wounded
Gaza's Ministry of Health said that at least 41,870 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since the start of the war on October 7. Apart from this, thousands of people are still missing under the collapsed buildings and rubble in the attack. All of them are believed to have been killed. Most of the dead are women and children. In addition, at least 97,166 people have been injured in Israeli attacks since the start of the war. Hundreds of people are killed every day in Israeli attacks.
Number of displaced persons
Israeli forces launched a ground operation from northern Gaza. That is why they have been ordering the Palestinians to move south since the beginning of the war. Since then, no one in northern Gaza has been able to return to their homes. Because Israel has established a military corridor in the middle dividing the Gaza Strip into two parts. However, despite moving to the south, Israeli forces continued to attack there. About 1.9 million people have left their homes since the start of the war until July. This number is 80 percent of the total population of Gaza. Most of these people without homes have taken shelter in UN facilities like schools and hospitals. Even by sheltering in these places, they are not safe from Israeli attacks. Israel's brutality is also going on in shelters.
Infrastructure destruction
Since the beginning, various installations in this small valley have become the main targets of Israeli attacks. As a result, the Israeli army began to bury various emergency facilities in Gaza with the ground. The Israeli devastation has become so terrible that in just four months of the war, the Palestinians have lost about 18.5 billion or 1,850 million dollars worth of infrastructure. Since the start of the war, 66 percent of Gaza's homes have been completely destroyed, according to the United Nations. According to a report by Gaza's official media office, 200 government buildings, 122 schools and universities were destroyed by Israeli attacks until August.
In a statement on Saturday, Gaza's Ministry of Religious Affairs said that 814 of Gaza's 1,245 mosques were razed to the ground due to heavy bombardment by the Israeli army. Another 148 were severely damaged. Besides the mosque, three churches were also destroyed, the statement said. In addition, 19 out of 60 cemeteries were deliberately targeted. The ministry also said that the estimated financial cost of damage to these religious properties is 350 million dollars.
Famine and epidemic situation
Israeli forces have blockaded Gaza. As a result, about 23 lakh people there are spending half-starved days. Many are trying to survive by eating grass and animal feed. The United Nations says many children are dying of malnutrition and dehydration without food. Meanwhile, the incidence of infectious diseases has increased in the valley. In addition to water borne diseases like diarrhoea, residents are suffering from polio, bronchitis, hepatitis and various skin diseases. Most of the victims are children.
Millions of children deprived of education
All schools in Gaza have been closed since the Hamas attack in October last year, the Palestinian Ministry of Education said. 90 percent of schools were completely destroyed or damaged. Currently, the United Nations Palestine Relief Agency (UNRWA) has converted some intact school buildings into shelters for the displaced. According to the ministry, 625,000 children have already been deprived of education.
