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At least 21,320 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory since the war with Israel suddenly started on October 7, according to the statement of the health ministry in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Thursday.
Another 55,603 people have been wounded, health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said in a televised press conference, nearly 12 weeks into the fighting triggered by Hamas's attack on Israel.
Qudra said at least 210 people have been killed in Gaza over the past 24 hours "including entire families".
The health ministry in a statement also raised the alarm over the spread of disease among children and the overall lack of water, food and medicine in the besieged Strip.
"The humanitarian and health conditions of the displaced have reached catastrophic levels," it said.
As the fighting between Hamas militants and Israeli forces raged in the southern city of Khan Yunis, health officials called for medical facilities to be protected.
"The Israeli occupation is repeatedly targeting the vicinity of Nasser Hospital and Al-Amal Hospital, affiliated with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society," the health ministry said.
Earlier Thursday, the Red Crescent said it feared that the intensification of deadly strikes near Al-Amal hospital could be "a prelude to targeting it directly".
Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas in retaliation for its October 7 attack and officials have said the war could last months more.
The Hamas attack resulted in the death of around 1,140 people in Israel, most of them civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli figures.
官員稱加薩至少21,320人被殺
哈馬斯統治的加薩地帶衛生部週四表示，自 10 月 7 日與以色列爆發戰爭以來，巴勒斯坦領土上至少有 21,320 人死亡。
衛生部發言人阿什拉夫·庫德拉（Ashraf al-Qudra）在電視新聞發布會上表示，另有 55,603 人受傷，哈馬斯襲擊以色列引發的戰鬥已持續近 12 週。
庫德拉表示，在過去 24 小時內，加薩至少有 210 人被殺，「其中包括整個家庭」。
衛生部在一份聲明中也對疾病在兒童中的傳播以及被圍困的加薩地帶普遍缺乏水、食物和藥品發出了警報。
報告稱： “流離失所者的人道主義和健康狀況已達到災難性水平。”
隨著哈馬斯武裝分子與以色列軍隊之間的戰鬥在南部城市汗尤尼斯激烈進行，衛生官員呼籲保護醫療設施。
衛生部表示： “以色列的佔領多次針對巴勒斯坦紅新月會附屬的納賽爾醫院和阿邁勒醫院附近地區。”
週四早些時候，紅新月會表示，擔心阿邁勒醫院附近的致命襲擊加劇可能是「直接針對該醫院的前奏」。
以色列誓言要摧毀哈馬斯，以報復 10 月 7 日的襲擊，官員表示，戰爭可能會持續數月。
根據法新社根據以色列數據統計，哈馬斯襲擊導致以色列約 1,140 人死亡，其中大多數是平民。
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