The Israeli occupying forces continue to commit the crime of genocide in the Gaza Strip for the 454th consecutive day, by launching dozens of airstrikes and artillery shelling, while carrying out massacres against civilians amid a catastrophic humanitarian situation as a result of the blockade and the displacement of more than 95% of the population.
The number of martyrs in the Gaza Strip has risen to 45,581, while 891 Israeli soldiers have been killed since the beginning of the Israeli war on the enclave, the highest Israeli toll since the October 6 War.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced today, Thursday, that the toll of the genocide committed by Israel against Palestinians has reached 45,581 martyrs and 108,438 injured since October 7, 2023.
The ministry stated in its daily statistical report that the Israeli army has committed 5 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, resulting in 28 martyrs and 59 injuries arriving at hospitals in the past 24 hours.
It indicated that there are victims under the rubble of destroyed houses and in the streets, estimated to be more than 11,000, but civil defense and ambulance crews are unable to reach them due to repeated Israeli targeting of them.
In the same context, Al Jazeera's correspondent reported the martyrdom of 52 Palestinians and injuries to dozens in an Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip.
The correspondent stated that at least 4 Palestinians were martyred and others injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting the Beach Camp, west of Gaza City.
Paramedics also stated that an Israeli airstrike killed at least 10 Palestinians and injured 15 in a displacement camp in southern Gaza early Thursday morning.
They added that the ten, among them women and children, were martyred in a tent in the Al-Mawasi area previously designated as a humanitarian zone since the beginning of the Israeli war on the sector.
The Al Jazeera correspondent also reported the martyrdom of 6 individuals and injuries to 13 in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a building of the Ministry of Interior near the Abu Hamid roundabout in the center of Khan Younis.
The Ministry of Interior in Gaza stated that Major General Mahmoud Salah, the police chief, and his assistant, Hussam Shahwan, were martyred in the airstrike.
Occupation losses
The Israeli army announced that it carried out more than 1,400 airstrikes on targets in Gaza during December alone, at a rate of 45 airstrikes daily.
It clarified in a statement that the attacks were carried out using fighter jets, helicopters, and drones, based on information provided by ground forces.
It noted that the attacks included targeting fighters from the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and its allies, as well as tunnels, observation posts, snipers, and weapons depots.
On the other hand, the Israeli army revealed that 891 officers and soldiers have been killed since the beginning of the war on October 7, which is the highest number since the October 6 War of '73 (Yom Kippur as Israel refers to it).
He pointed out that in the 10 years preceding the war, 152 Israeli officers and soldiers were killed, including casualties from "Operation Protective Edge in the summer of 2014" (the Israeli aggression on Gaza in 2014). Local reports often indicate that the Israeli army does not disclose the true extent of the losses, suggesting they are greater than these numbers.
Correspondents reported that the occupation's aircraft and artillery continued their violent bombardments on various areas of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, targeting homes, displaced persons' gatherings, and streets, resulting in dozens of martyrs and injuries.
70 Days Siege
Occupation forces continue to invade broad neighborhoods in Rafah since May 7, amid aerial and artillery bombardments and the commission of horrific massacres, including the demolition of citizens' homes in the Jabalia refugee camp.
For the 90th consecutive day, northern Gaza remains under Israeli siege and starvation, amidst intense aerial and artillery bombardments, with complete isolation of the northern governorate from the rest of Gaza.
Occupation forces have forcibly disrupted civil defense operations for 70 days in northern Gaza due to ongoing Israeli targeting and aggression, leaving thousands of citizens there without humanitarian and medical care.
Four martyrs and several injuries were reported when the occupation’s planes targeted citizens near the Barbareh station on Al-Jalaa Street in west Gaza City.
Two citizens were martyred and others injured as a result of an Israeli drone strike near the Palestine roundabout in Gaza City.
Ten martyrs fell due to the targeting of a group of citizens in Jabalia al-Nazla, north of Gaza.
Four citizens were martyred due to the bombardment of a gathering of citizens in the beach camp market in west Gaza City.
The citizens Shahban Abu Khater and Abdulhamid al-Haddad were martyred this morning as a result of the Israeli bombing of a group of citizens in Bani Suheila, east of Khan Yunis.
This Thursday morning, 11 citizens were martyred and 15 others injured when occupation forces bombed a tent sheltering displaced persons in the Muwassi area west of Khan Younis.
The Ministry of Interior and National Security announced that the Israeli occupation assassinated - early Thursday - the Director General of Police in the Gaza Strip, Major General Mahmoud Salah, and his assistant, Major General Hussam Shahwan, a member of the Police Leadership Council in Khan Younis.
The ministry stated in a press release thatThe Israeli occupation carried out an assassination of the Director General of Police in the Gaza Strip, Major General Mahmoud Salah. This happened through an airstrike while he was in Khan Younis with Major General Hussam Shahwan, a member of the Police Leadership Council, as they were fulfilling their humanitarian and national duty to serve our Palestinian people amid the catastrophic conditions resulting from the Israeli aggression, which also resulted in the martyrdom of several citizens due to the airstrike."
Two brothers were martyred in the shelling by occupation forces in northern Gaza, while the occupation's artillery shelled the western areas of the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza.
