The death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip has risen to 212, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Monday.
The grim figure includes 61 children, 35 women and 16 elderly people, the ministry said in a statement, while 1,400 people have been injured during the offensive.
Death toll in #Gaza rises to 212 including 61 children and 36 women.#GazaUnderAttack #IsraelTerrorists #AqsaCallsArmies #Free_Palestine #PalestineBleedsWorldSleeps #IsraelStopPlayingVictim #SaveGazaFromZionists #SaveGaza #PalestinianLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/QQyv6ceE7d
— Wajahat Kazmi ?? (@KazmiWajahat) May 17, 2021
The Israeli military has staged airstrikes across the Gaza Strip since May 10, leaving behind a massive trail of destruction across the seaside territory.
Ten Israelis have also been killed in Palestinian rocket fire from the Gaza Strip into Israel.
The recent tensions that started in East Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan spread to Gaza as a result of Israeli assaults on worshippers in the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.
BREAKING: Palestinian health ministry says death toll from Israeli attacks on Gaza rises to 220, and 6,039 wounded.#Free_Palestine#OIC_CheatPalestine #AqsaCallsArmies pic.twitter.com/AKqu0WsGq0
— M. Saad Arslan Sadiq (@Arslan_Sadiq) May 17, 2021
Israel occupied East Jerusalem, where Al-Aqsa is located, during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. It annexed the entire city in 1980 in a move never recognized by the international community.
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