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Palestinians killed in Israel's offensive against the Gaza Strip rise to more than 9,000

MADRID, 2 Nov.

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Palestinians killed in Israel's offensive against the Gaza Strip rise to more than 9,000

MADRID, 2 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The number of Palestinians killed as a result of the Israeli Army's offensive against the Gaza Strip after the attacks carried out on October 7 by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has exceeded the barrier of 9,000, as indicated this Thursday by the authorities of the Palestinian enclave, controlled by the Islamist group.

The spokesman for the Gaza Ministry of Health, Ashraf al Qidra, has indicated that so far 9,061 people have been confirmed dead, while nearly 32,000 have been injured, as reported by the Palestinian television network Palestine Today.

Hours earlier, Al Qidra himself had put the number of dead, injured and missing at one thousand due to the two bombings carried out by the Israeli Army against the Jabalia refugee camp, located in the north of the Strip and the largest in the enclave. , since Tuesday, although for now there are no exact figures on deaths, according to a statement published by the ministry through its page on the social network Facebook.

According to information collected by the Palestinian news agency Maan, a school of the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in the refugee camp that hosts people displaced by the current hostilities has been hit in an attack , without the organization having spoken. This media has indicated that there are fatalities from the bombing, which would be the third in Yabalia in as many days.

UNRWA indicated on Wednesday that so far the death of 70 of its workers has been confirmed in Gaza, where the organization's commissioner, Philippe Lazzarini, paid a visit, who stressed that each day "becomes grimmer" as they continue to die. his colleagues, and has highlighted that the agency will remain in Gaza to "stay" with the Palestinian refugees and the rest of their communities.

Israel launched a military offensive that has included ground operations for days in response to the attacks carried out on October 7 by Hamas, which left nearly 1,400 dead and more than 240 kidnapped, according to reports provided by the Israeli authorities. Likewise, more than 130 Palestinians have been killed in operations by Israeli forces and settler attacks in the West Bank.