Palestinian Death Toll In Gaza Tops 65,000: Health Authorities

(MENAFN- Nam News Network) GAZA, Sept 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – The number of Palestinians murdered by the Zionist Israeli army in Gaza, since Oct 7, 2023, has surpassed 65,000, Gaza-based health authorities reported, yesterday.

Over the past 24 hours, 98 bodies and 385 wounded were brought to hospitals in Gaza, they said, adding that, seven aid workers were killed and 87 others injured in the same period.

The total death toll of Palestinians since the start of the conflict in 2023 has climbed to 65,062, with 165,697 others injured, they said.

Four people died in the past 24 hours due to starvation and malnutrition, raising the death toll linked to food shortages to 432, including 146 children, they added.

The update came, after the brutal Israeli forces began its ground offensive in Gaza City early Tuesday, and forced thousands more Palestinians to flee the enclave's largest urban centre. The assault met immediate and fierce global condemnation.

Given the new death toll, Baris Adibelli, an academic at Türkiye's Kutahya Dumlupinar University, said, Palestinian civilians are“effectively given only two choices: flee or face death.”

“The Zionist Israeli actions in Lebanon, Palestine, its 12-day war with Iran, and growing influence in Syria, have already left the region highly unstable, and this new offensive will worsen tensions,” said Baris Doster, an academic at Istanbul-based Marmara University, warning that, the Zionist Israel's assault on Gaza City threatens to further destabilise the region.– NNN-XINHUA

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