Situation in Gaza is deteriorating as the number of displaced people increases
The number of Palestinians killed by the Israeli siege continues to rise. The most recent statement from the Palestinian Health Ministry put the number at more than 26,000 and in the last 24 hours alone 215 were killed, all this in addition to the humanitarian crisis that continues to worsen. Our correspondent Noor Harazeen has more details. teleSUR
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00:00 The number of Palestinians killed by the Israeli siege continues to rise.
00:04 The most recent statements from the Palestinian Health Ministry put the number at more than
00:09 26,000.
00:10 And in the last 24 hours alone, 215 were killed.
00:14 All this in addition to the humanitarian crisis that continues to worsen.
00:19 Our correspondent Noor Harassen with more details.
00:24 In a joint statement between the Palestinian Health Ministry and the governmental media
00:28 office here in Gaza today, they released the latest numbers after almost more than three
00:36 months of Israeli operation, Israeli offensive here on the Gaza Strip.
00:40 And let us read you some of the numbers.
00:43 Over the past 24 hours, 215 Palestinians were killed.
00:48 And this brings up the death toll here in Gaza among Palestinians, up to 26,632 Palestinians,
00:58 70 percent of them are women and children.
01:03 In this statement also, the ministry noted that the number of journalists killed in Gaza
01:10 is now up to 122 Palestinians.
01:14 And this is after the killing of Issam El Loulou, who was a very famous Palestinian journalist
01:19 here in Gaza, and he's one of the people, one of the very first people that actually
01:23 worked in Palestine TV more than 20 years ago.
01:28 Meanwhile, the situation here in Gaza in Rafah is deteriorating as more people are actually
01:35 being displaced from their homes.
01:38 Let us just show you the amount of people and what is happening here behind the picture.
01:44 Here we have the water tank that is actually putting the donation water to the big tanks
01:52 for the people to fill their water tanks.
01:56 We also have these new tents.
01:58 Actually these tents are new.
01:59 They were set up just overnight.
02:02 And this is because of the big number of disabled Palestinians who have nowhere to go.
02:07 So actually they are building new tents in the road.
02:13 At the same time, we have the--people are actually screaming, we want to go back.
02:23 Tell the world that we want to go back to Gaza.
02:29 And also, as you saw in the picture, many kids and men are trying to fill up water,
02:35 especially that the city of Rafah is now suffering from the lack of clean drinking water.
02:43 This is Norha Razine, Telessour, Gaza.