Israel’s air strikes kill scores in Gaza, Netanyahu vows to continue war on Hamas
HOSTAGE FAMILIES DEMAND DEAL
The war began with Hamas’s unprecedented Oct 7 attack on Israel which resulted in the deaths of 1,195 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli figures.
The militants also seized 251 hostages, 116 of whom are still in Gaza including 42 the Israeli military says are dead.
Israel responded with a military offensive that has killed at least 38,794 people, also mostly civilians, according to figures from the Gaza health ministry.
The war has devastated the coastal territory and left Gazans suffering shortages of food, medicines and basic goods.
At a press conference on Wednesday, the World Health Organization’s representative in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, Rik Peeperkorn, said that only 16 aid trucks had entered the Gaza Strip via the Kerem Shalom border crossing during the last month, while dozens of trucks were still waiting to do so.
