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Legal scholars interpreted this as intention to destroy Gaza. [232] Far-right politician and former Knesset member Moshe Feiglin said: "There is one and only solution, which is to completely destroy Gaza before invading it. I mean destruction like what happened in Dresden and Hiroshima, without nuclear weapons."
Destroyed houses in Gaza City on 8 October 2023. The Gaza Strip has faced massive civilian casualties during the invasion. At least 31,000 Palestinians were reportedly killed between 27 October and 10 March, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. [365] Many were children; almost half of the people in Gaza are under 14 years old.
Israeli attacks have destroyed more than 200 buildings of cultural and historical importance in Gaza, including mosques, cemeteries, and museums. UNESCO reported that at least 22 sites, including mosques, churches, historical houses, universities, and archives, were damaged or destroyed as a result of multiple Israeli attacks. [23] [20]
[18] [19] About 250 Israeli civilians and soldiers were also taken as hostages to the Gaza Strip, including 30 kidnapped children. [20] The Hamas assault prompted an Israeli counter-offensive in Gaza. The day is considered the bloodiest in Israel's history and the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. [21] [22]
1% of the total population of Gaza Strip was either killed, wounded, tortured or imprisoned by Israel. [8] 4 Conquest of Gaza during the Six-Day War: 1967: 90% of UNRWA schools [19] ~45,000 civilians (10% of Gaza's population) fled or were expelled by Israel [20] 5 Low-level insurgency [7] 1967–1971: 39 civilians, 71 combatants [21] 9 ...
Ahmed Yassin mosque at Al-Shati refugee camp, Gaza City was destroyed on 9 October 2023. [27] Al Amin Muhammad Mosque at Khan Yunis was destroyed on 20 October 2023. [28] Al-Gharbi mosque at Gaza City was destroyed on 9 October 2023. [27] The Saad bin Abi Waqqas Mosque [29] Jaffa Mosque in Deir al-Balah was Destroyed in December 2023 [30] [31]
The bombing of the Gaza Strip is an ongoing aerial bombardment campaign on the Gaza Strip by the Israeli Air Force during the Israel–Hamas war.During the bombing, Israeli airstrikes killed thousands of civilians and militants, and damaged or destroyed Palestinian schools, hospitals, mosques, churches, and other civilian infrastructure including refugee camps.
The Gaza Strip (/ ˈ ɡ ɑː z ə / ⓘ; [10] Arabic: قِطَاعُ غَزَّةَ Qiṭāʿ Ġazzah [qɪˈtˤɑːʕ ˈɣaz.za]), also known simply as Gaza, is a small territory located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea; it is the smaller of the two Palestinian territories, the other being the West Bank, that make up the State of Palestine.