At least 1,055 individuals have now been confirmed killed and over 5,000 others injured in Israeli airstrikes on the blockaded Gaza Strip, its Health Ministry confirmed Wednesday.
“We have at least 1,055 martyrs and 5,184 people suffering from different injuries,” the ministry mentioned in an replace on casualties.
At least 30 individuals had been killed and a whole lot wounded as Israel pounded the Gaza Strip with a whole lot of airstrikes in a single day, a Hamas official mentioned Wednesday.
The strikes destroyed a number of buildings of the Islamic University in Gaza City, a college official mentioned.
The Israeli army confirmed it had hit dozens of Hamas targets throughout the night time.
It mentioned fighter jets destroyed “advanced detection systems” that Hamas used to identify army plane.
Israel has pounded neighborhood after neighborhood within the densely populated coastal enclave, house to just about 2.2 million individuals, since Sunday.
The assault got here in response to a shock incursion of Israeli cities close to the seaside territory by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas early Saturday.
At least 1,200 individuals had been reportedly killed in Israel and round 2,700 others injured, the army claimed on Wednesday morning.
Israel has additionally positioned a complete siege on the enclave, already reeling underneath a crippling Israeli blockade since 2007.
Source: www.dailysabah.com