According to a statement released Tuesday by Gaza’s Government Media Office and cited by Al Mayadeen, Israeli forces are killing an average of two medical personnel every day in the besieged enclave. The report also said that every 48 hours, 13 Palestinians undergo amputations as a result of ongoing attacks.
The statement further noted that one journalist is killed every three days and a civil defense worker every five days, while daily airstrikes injure around 232 people—over half of them women and children. It added that Gaza’s healthcare system faces at least one direct Israeli strike on a medical facility each day, leaving hospitals overwhelmed and operating far beyond capacity.
“These figures capture the human cost of Israel’s continued assault on the Gaza Strip,” the media office said, describing the situation as part of an “ongoing genocide.” Now in its third year, the war has decimated Gaza’s medical infrastructure, with hospitals struggling to provide care amid critical shortages of fuel, medicine, and equipment due to Israel’s blockade.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has issued a grim warning about the toll on Gaza’s youngest residents, saying the territory’s children have endured “two years of hellish war.” UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said that “for more than 700 days, children in Gaza have been killed, maimed, and displaced in a devastating war that defies humanity.”
Russell said ongoing Israeli airstrikes continue to hit Gaza City and surrounding areas, calling the situation “an affront to our shared humanity.” She cited reports that at least 64,000 children—among them more than 1,000 infants—have been killed or injured since the conflict began.
UNICEF also raised alarm over deepening famine conditions, warning that malnutrition among infants is worsening as food shortages persist. “Months without sufficient nutrition have caused irreversible damage to children’s growth and development,” Russell said, urging an immediate ceasefire.
In a separate briefing in Geneva, UNICEF Deputy Spokesperson Ricardo Peres described harrowing conditions in Gaza’s hospitals, saying that newborns are being forced to share oxygen masks due to the continued Israeli blockade on medical supplies.
“We are talking about newborn babies having to share oxygen masks just to stay alive,” Peres said. “Requests to bring in essential medical equipment are being denied day after day, and we are still waiting for those approvals to come through.”
