At least 84 people killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza in 24 hours
At least 39,090 people have been killed and 90,147 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7, the Health Ministry says.
The toll includes 84 Palestinians who died and 329 who were injured over the latest 24-hour reporting period in eight attacks across Gaza, it said in a statement.
The overall casualty figures are believed to be far higher because thousands of bodies are buried in the debris of bombed-out buildings throughout the Strip.
Israel blocks Palestinians from 80 percent of Gaza: UNRWA
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) says the Israeli military has placed more than 80 percent of the Gaza Strip “under evacuation orders or designated as a no-go zone”.
“We just keep hearing the same question: Where do I go?” UNRWA said on X, quoting its spokeswoman’s remarks to the BBC’s Radio 4.
It comes a day after Israel ordered thousands of people to flee from the eastern parts of the Khan Younis governorate to al-Mawasi in the west.
"We just keep hearing the same question: Where do I go?" @UNWateridge to @BBCRadio4
In Khan Younis, thousands of people are fleeing for their lives again. +80% of #GazaStrip has been placed under evacuation orders or designated as a no-go zone.https://t.co/6E9eRITDjW [50:00] pic.twitter.com/c2ZRRSSIVJ
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) July 23, 2024
WHO ‘extremely worried’ as poliovirus found in Gaza sewage
A top World Health Organization (WHO) official says he’s “extremely worried” over possible disease outbreaks in Gaza after poliovirus was detected in sewage.
“There is a high risk of spreading of the circulating vaccine-derived polio virus in Gaza, not only because of the detection but because of the very dire situation with the water sanitation,” said Ayadil Saparbekov, WHO’s head of health emergencies in the occupied Palestinian territory.
“It may also spill over internationally at a very high point.”
Poliomyelitis, which is spread mainly through the fecal-oral route, is a highly infectious virus that can invade the nervous system and cause paralysis. It mainly affects children under the age of five.
Saparbekov also said the number of people now needing evacuation from Gaza for medical care has risen to 14,000.
Israeli bombing kills 2 at entrance to Bureij refugee camp
Al-Awda Hospital, near the Jabalia refugee camp, has received two bodies and seven wounded people after Israeli forces bombed a house at the entrance to Bureij in northern Gaza.
During a spate of attacks, Israeli forces fired an artillery shell into the Remal neighbourhood, central Gaza City, Palestinian sources said.
Meanwhile, after a ground invasion began on Monday in southern Khan Younis, medical sources tell Al Jazeera that a total of 21 bodies have so far been transferred to Nasser Hospital since this morning.
Four children among at least 9 killed in Israeli attack on Bureij
Earlier we reported on Israeli forces bombing a house at the entrance to Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
Sources say at least nine people have been killed in the attack, including four children. The Wafa news agency news agency reported that another 10 people were wounded. Al Jazeera’s video footage of the aftermath of the Israeli shelling shows blood splattered on the walls of the house as people evacuated the bodies.
