Osama Hamdan, one of the Hamas leaders, said that more than 30 thousand Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank have been victims of Israeli military actions since the start of the armed conflict between Israel and Hamas. This was reported by TASS.
He emphasized that 29 thousand 722 people, including at least 10 thousand children and 7 thousand women, lost their lives in the Gaza Strip. Hamdan added that more than 58 thousand people were injured and at least 7 thousand people were missing.
He noted that the number of deaths in the clashes with the Israeli army in the Palestinian territories in the West Bank reached 321, 111 of whom were children.
Before that, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken statedThe US has rejected calls from Israeli officials to resettle Palestinians outside Gaza, saying Palestinians should be able to return to their homes as soon as conditions allow.
Prior to this, Israel had negotiated with Congo regarding the “voluntary” resettlement of Gaza Strip residents. On the same day, EU diplomacy chief Josep Borrell condemned a call by Israeli authorities to develop a plan to move Gaza Strip residents out of the enclave.
Formerly political scientist named One of the reasons why the Palestinian-Israeli conflict flared up.