Over 700 Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli air strikes on Gaza, according to Palestinian officials, the highest death toll in 24 hours since Israel began bombing the besieged territory earlier this month.
इजरायली बमबारी से गाजा में एक रात में कई बच्चों समेत 700 से ज़्यादा फिलिस्तीनी मारे गए
Canada, the United States and the United Nations on Tuesday appealed for a humanitarian pause in the Israel-Hamas war to safely deliver aid to civilians lacking food, water, medicine and electricity in the besieged Gaza Strip.
International pressure for unimpeded aid to Gaza grew as the Hamas-run health ministry said Israeli air strikes killed more than 700 Palestinians in Gaza overnight. Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said it was the highest number of deaths in 24 hours during Israel’s two-week-old siege of the Gaza Strip.
In a statement released on social media, the ministry said at least 5,791 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli bombardment since October 7, including 2,360 children. It said around 704 people died in the last 24 hours alone.
The Israeli military said it struck more than 400 Hamas targets overnight, killing dozens of Hamas fighters, but it will take time to destroy the Islamist militant group, whose deadly cross-border attack on October 7 shocked Israel. had put.
UN agencies said they were kneeling in a desperate plea for emergency aid to flow unhindered into Gaza, saying they were desperate to support the narrow strip’s 2.3 million people amid widespread devastation caused by Israeli airstrikes. Approximately 20 times more assistance is required than is currently being provided.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said eight trucks filled with water, food and medicine entered the Gaza Strip from Egypt through the Rafah border crossing late Tuesday.