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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. [358] Many were children; almost half of the people in Gaza are under 14 years old.
Legal scholars interpreted this as intention to destroy Gaza. [230] 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."
Israel occupied the Gaza Strip during the Six Day War, capturing it from Egypt along with the Sinai peninsula.In 1970, the first Israeli settlement was built. In 1993, as part of the Oslo Accords, the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel agreed to an outline for Palestinians to self-govern in the Palestinian territories.
Israel "aims to completely destroy the health system and hospitals," Thawabta said, adding that Israel's military has maintained a siege on the region for more than 170 consecutive days, closing ...
M ore than 11,000 people have been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, after a deadly Hamas attack prompted Israel to declare war and begin a military offensive along the densely-populated strip of land ...
According to the Gaza local authorities, 1,000 mosques have been destroyed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, with reconstruction costs estimated at $500 million. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Other reports indicate that 378 mosques were targeted during the conflict, although this number has not been independently verified.
UNICEF also said since the onset of hostilities more than 95% of schools in Gaza have been partially or completely destroyed. ... The Israeli agency that handles the transfer of aid to Gaza ...
Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network stated "The Israeli occupation has completely damaged all elements of life and all environmental elements in Gaza – they completely destroyed the agriculture and wildlife". [2] Reuters has described the damage done to Gaza by Israeli as turning it into a 'wasteland'. [11]