Palestinian health officials have decried Israel’s continued attacks on Gaza, declaring that morgues are over flowing with dead bodies since Israeli forces initiated ground operations. The two week conflict has left at least 620 Palestinians dead, with more than 200 killed in just 48 hours. At least 100,000 Palestinians have been left displaced by the conflict in Gaza, declared the United Nations, as thousands have been left homeless and injured. On Sunday alone, more than 100 Palestinians were killed in Al-Shuja’iyah in what Palestinians have called a massacre. Israel’s operations in Al-Shuja’iyah and on Monday raised the number of dead children to 154. “They have attacked our hospitals…and now our morgues have no place. Bodies are on the ground,” said one Palestinian health official. On Monday, Israeli forces hit a hospital and a residential building in Gaza. At least five patients were killed when the hospital’s operating theatres and emergency rooms were destroyed, while at least 12 were killed when the residential building was struck by Israeli shells. Israel, meanwhile, announced that two more Israeli soldiers were killed on Tuesday, raising the number of killed soldiers to 27. This can…
‘No place for the dead’ as Gaza death toll hits 600, includes 154 children
July 22, 2014
