At least 1,008 individuals have been killed in Israel since Hamas militants crossed into the country in a surprise attack on Saturday, Israel's state-owned Kan TV news reported on Tuesday, reported Xinhua.
A total of 2,741 injured people were treated in Israeli hospitals since Saturday, including 25 who were in critical condition. Most of them have been discharged, with 544 injured people still in hospitals, it said.
A total of 4,949 rockets have been launched at Israel since Saturday, it added.
According to Israeli Defence Forces, about 1,500 bodies of Hamas militants were found in southern Israel.
Meanwhile, at least 900 Palestinians have been killed from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, according to the health ministry in Gaza on Tuesday.
The ministry said in a press statement that the total number of deaths due to Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip reached 900, including 260 children and 230 women, noting that 4,500 others were injured.
The statement added that six health personnel were killed and 15 others were wounded with various injuries.
The Israeli airstrikes also caused displacement of more than 140,000 people, the ministry said.
The statement added that the health system in the Gaza Strip suffers from a severe shortage of 44 percent of medicines, 32 percent of medical consumables, and 60 percent of laboratory and blood bank supplies, in addition to the collapse of electrical generators and the lack of fuel.
The ministry called on humanitarian institutions to provide medicines, medical consumables, fuel, and emergency needs to hospitals, open a safe corridor for the entry of health aid and medical delegations, and facilitate the movement of the wounded and sick who do not have access to treatment in Gaza.
Hamas on Saturday launched a surprise attack on Israeli towns adjacent to the Gaza Strip, prompting Israel to launch retaliatory strikes on Gaza.
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Source: www.dailyfinland.fi
