More than 6 thousand people are missing following Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip. This was reported by RIA NewsReferring to the information office of the government of the Palestinian territory.
“As a result of Israel’s aggression in the Gaza Strip, more than 6 thousand people, including more than 4 thousand children and women, have disappeared under the rubble so far,” the press service said in a statement.
Catherine Russell, formerly Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) statedIt is stated that there are approximately one million children in the Gaza Strip.
He said “many” children were missing and thought to be trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings and houses, a “tragic consequence of the use of explosive weapons in populated areas”.
The situation in the Middle East escalated after thousands of Hamas militants infiltrated Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, when Hamas announced the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.
The aim of Israel’s response to Operation Iron Sword was to repel the attack, release more than 200 hostages, including foreigners, and destroy Hamas. In order to achieve this goal, Israel launched major rocket attacks on the Gaza Strip from the first day of the operation. At the same time, the Israeli National Security Council decided to stop the supply of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the sector. Humanitarian aid shipments to Gaza began to be sent through the Rafah checkpoint only after October 20, and it was stated that their volume was insufficient.
27 October Israel announced About the “expansion” of the ground operation in Gaza. It is not known exactly when the operation started, but before the operation, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled their homes and moved to shelters and the south of the region.
Russians who previously fled the Gaza Strip said about life in a war zone.