Dozens More Gazans Martyred, Death Toll Surpasses 51,000
GAZA (Dispatches) – At least 25 more Palestinians were killed in the Zionist regime’s attacks in the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours, pushing up the death toll from the regime’s genocidal war since October 2023 to 51,025, the Gaza Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
A ministry statement said that 89 more injured people were also transferred to hospitals, bringing the number of injuries to 116,432 in the Zionist regime’s onslaught.
“Many victims are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” it added.
The Israeli army resumed its assault on the Gaza Strip on March 18 and has since killed 1,652 people and injured nearly 4,400 others despite a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement that took hold in January.
‘Mass Grave’ of Palestinians
As Zionist troops resume and expand their assault on Gaza by land, air, and sea, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Wednesday denounced the mounting toll on Palestinian civilians and aid workers, saying the enclave has become a “mass grave” of Palestinians.
“Palestinian lives are once again being systematically destroyed,” the MSF said in a statement, adding that a series of deadly attacks over the past three weeks by Zionist troops “have shown a blatant disregard for the safety of humanitarian and medical workers in Gaza.”
The organization cited a March attack by Zionist troops on aid workers, when the bodies of 15 emergency responders and the ambulances they were traveling in were found in a mass grave on March 30 in Rafah, southern Gaza.
It called for “international and independent investigations” to establish accountability on attacks on aid workers.
“This horrific killing of aid workers is yet another example of the complete disregard shown by Zionist troops for the protection of humanitarian and medical workers. The silence and unconditional support of Israel’s closest allies further emboldens these actions,” said Claire Magone, general director of MSF France.
The medical aid agency also criticized the failure of the Humanitarian Notification System, a mechanism intended to coordinate safe movement with the occupying regime forces.
It said the system is now “barely affording any protection guarantees.”
“We are witnessing in real time the destruction and forced displacement of the entire population in Gaza,” said Amande Bazerolle, MSF’s emergency coordinator in Gaza. “Gaza has been turned into a mass grave of Palestinians and those coming to their assistance.”
“With nowhere safe for Palestinians or those trying to help them, the humanitarian response is severely struggling under the weight of insecurity and critical supply shortages, leaving people with few, if any, options for accessing care.”