Gaza’s Government Media Office has called “on the international community, the United Nations and other international organisations to support efforts in counting victims and recovering thousands of bodies in the Gaza Strip”.
It expressed its “deep concern” over the findings of the British study published in The Lancet journal, which said the deaths in the enclave were likely undercounted by 41 per cent. The study’s death toll estimate is 64,260 while the official figure was 37,877.
“This discrepancy highlights the extent of the catastrophe inflicted by the Israeli occupation forces on civilians and civil infrastructure in the Gaza Strip,” the Media Office statement said.
There is no sort of slowing in terms of the velocity of Israeli attacks on the central area and the northern part of the Gaza Strip, which has been a very active military theatre.
Mountains of debris have been left behind from these Israeli attacks in border towns and villages, such as Jabalia, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoon, along with a very soaring death toll that continues to rise by the minute in all areas of confrontation and areas also that were designated to be safe for Palestinians.
On the other hand, Israeli warplanes bombed a power station and two ports in Houthi-controlled Yemen on Friday in retaliation for Houthi drone and missile strikes against Israel, and pro-Houthi media said at least one person had been killed and nine wounded.
The strikes hit the Red Sea port of Ras Issa and the major port of Hodeidah and the Hezyaz central power station in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, and Harf Sufyan District in Amran province also came under air attack, said Al Masirah TV, the main news outlet run by the Houthis.
An employee at the Ras Issa port was killed and six others were injured, while three people, including a worker, were wounded in the strikes on Hezyaz, the outlet said.
The Israeli military said more than 20 aircraft took part in the attack, dropping around 50 bombs and missiles in an operation which required airborne refuelling during the 2,000-km (1,240-mile) flight.