GAZA CITY – The Palestinian death toll from Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip has climbed to 8,306, the Health Ministry in the blockaded enclave said on Oct 30.
“The fatalities include 3,457 children and 2,136 women, while more than 21,048 people were injured,” Anadolu Agency reported the ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra told a news conference in Gaza City.
He said 25 hospitals were forced out of service and 25 ambulances were targeted in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza.
“The occupation deliberately seeks to paralyse ambulance service,” the spokesman said.
In the West Bank, at least 122 Palestinians have been killed and 1,680 others detained by the Israeli army since Oct 7, according to Anadolu Agency citing a statement from the Health Ministry said.
The Israeli army has widened its air and ground attacks on Gaza Strip, which has been under relentless airstrikes since Oct. 7.
Humanitarian crisis
Indonesian President Joko Widodo meanwhile reiterated the stand of the his government that strongly condemns Israel’s attack on Palestinians in Gaza.
Jokowi, as he is popularly known, said Indonesia was very angry with the worsening situation in Gaza, especially the humanitarian situation.
“We continue to follow the developments in Gaza and Indonesia’s stance is very clear and firm: strongly condemning random attacks on civilians and public facilities in Gaza,” he said in a statement today.
Jokowi called for an immediate end to violence and efforts towards a ceasefire.
He added that Indonesia is also in the process, adding that his country is actively communicating with various parties to resolve the issue.
He also emphasised the need for humanitarian aid to be accelerated and the first aid from Indonesia will be sent this week based on the requests and needs of the Palestinian people.
“This aid is a combination of contributions from the government, the business community and the community,” he explained.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Monday said there is “no justification” for dreadful events in Gaza, where thousands of innocent people are being killed indiscriminately.
Putin, in a meeting with security and law enforcement officials a day after a mob stormed the airport in the southern region of Dagestan, said the situation in the Middle East is being used by “geopolitical puppet masters” for selfish purposes, Anadolu Agency reported.
He said nothing can justify the bombing of hundreds of thousands of innocent citizens in Gaza, and stressed that various tactics, including “lies, provocations, and sophisticated technologies of psychological and information aggression,” are being employed to exploit the turmoil in the Middle East and regional conflicts with the aim of destabilising and dividing “diverse and multi-religious Russian society”, it reported. – Bernama
