Number of martyred Palestinians crosses 11,000 figure

GAZA, Nov 10 (SABAH): The number of Palestinians martyred in result of the Israeli aggression has crossed 11,000 figure.

The health ministry in Gaza has said that 11,078 people have died in five weeks of an Israeli military campaign targeting the besieged enclave and hapless civilians since October 7.

The death toll includes 4,506 children, a health ministry statement said, while 27,490 people have been wounded in the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Meanwhile the biggest hospital in the Gaza Strip and another with children on life support have been coming under bombardment, the World Health Organisation said. Twenty hospitals in Gaza were now out of action entirely, it said.

Asked about the Gaza health ministry’s allegation of an Israeli strike on the courtyard of Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City, WHO Spokesperson Margaret Harris said: “I haven’t got the detail on Al Shifa but we do know they are coming under bombardment.”

She said there was also “significant bombardment” on Rantissi Hospital, the only hospital providing pediatric services in North Gaza. Asked to elaborate, she said there was “intense violence” at the Shifa site, quoting colleagues on the ground. She did not attribute blame.

Gaza families have been sheltering at the hospital, the territory’s largest, which is inside Gaza City encircled by Israeli troops.

Meanwhile in social media videos, Israeli soldiers show themselves beating and humiliating Palestinian detainees, some of whom were released shortly after being abused. For its part, the IDF punished the perpetrators in some of the cases, saying such conduct is in violation of army values

Since the outbreak of the Gaza war, more and more soldiers have filmed themselves beating and humiliating Palestinian detainees and then posted the videos on their social media accounts.