According to the OIC Media Observatory of Israel’s Crimes against the Palestinians, 343 Palestinians fell as martyrs between 23 and 29 April 2024. Five martyrs fell in the West Bank and the others in the Gaza Strip. 576 Palestinians were injured in Gaza and the West Bank.
The number of martyrs since October 7, 2023, until now has reached 34,879. A Wall Street Journal report, however, revealed that the number of Palestinian martyrs in the Israeli aggression on Gaza announced by the Palestinian Ministry of Health is much less than reality, with health authorities not having the capacity to count all martyrs, and with hospitals and emergency services barely working.
On April 23, the World Food Program indicated that famine could hit the Gaza Strip in 6 weeks, with half of the Strip’s population suffering from hunger, amid the continued Israeli threat to invade the city of Rafah which is overcrowded with displaced people.
On the other hand, PehrLodhammar, former United Nations Mine Action Service Chief for Iraq, said that the Israeli aggression on Gaza “left 37 million tons of debris,” that 65 percent of the devastated buildings in Gaza were residential, and that “clearing rubble from the Strip could take 14 years of work.”—PR
