Gaza death toll climbs to 13,300 as Israel-Hamas war keeps raging on

The number of dead as a result of the Israeli army attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7 has reached 13,300 people, and another 31,000 people were injured.

The press service of the Gaza government announced the terrifying figures on its Telegram channel, per Anadolu.

According to the report,  5,600 children and 3,550 women are among the victims of the strikes.

Reportedly, 201 medical workers and 60 journalists were killed during the shelling of the exclave.

The number of wounded has reached 31,000.

More than 6,500 people are reported missing, including those left under the rubble. More than 4,400 of them are women and children.

The government media office in Gaza held the international community and Israel fully responsible for the worsening humanitarian situation and the shortage of food supplies in the Gaza Strip. It accused them of agreeing to implement a policy of starvation against the Palestinian people in the Strip.

“Markets and shops are suffering from a lack of basic food items such as flour, oil, rice, and various types of canned goods, coinciding with the complete halt of bakery operations, and thus the complete disappearance of hundreds of types of food items from the market,” the office said in a statement.

The office warned of the possibility of famine and the spread of diseases and epidemics in Gaza, as the number of displaced people exceeds the capacity of the shelters, and the demand for basic relief materials that are not available increases.

It called on the Arab and Islamic countries to fulfil their responsibilities; open the Rafah border crossing permanently and supply Gaza with food and basic aid before a real humanitarian catastrophe occurs.

The Director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that he was horrified by the attack on the Indonesian hospital in Gaza. He emphasized that “health workers and civilians should not be subjected to terror, especially when they are inside a hospital.”

Meanwhile, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres renewed his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the delivery of humanitarian aid. He also urged the consideration of a two-state solution as soon as the war ended.

At the same time, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said that children cannot continue to “pay the heavy price of war,” stressing that there is no ambiguity in international law in this regard.

Furthermore, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said that the number of displaced people in Gaza has reached about 1.7 million people since October 7.