Over 2,700 Palestinians killed,10,800 wounded by Zionist aggression raids within 9 days

GAZA, Oct. 17 (YPA) – The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced on Sunday evening that the number of martyrs among the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank had risen to 2,726, and the number of wounded had risen to about 10,800, since the beginning of the Zionist aggression on October 7.

In a press statement, the Ministry reported a rise in martyrs in the Gaza Strip, with 2,670, primarily children and women, and 9,600 wounded, while the number of martyrs in the West Bank increased to 56 and the number of wounded to over 1,200.

In the same context, the Palestinian News Agency reported that over 50 families were removed completely from the civil registry due to Zionist enemy massacres in Gaza Strip cities and camps, where homes were bombed on the heads of residents.

According to the Civil Defense, more than 1,000 people are missing under the rubble of buildings destroyed as a result of the ongoing Zionist bombing throughout the Gaza Strip.

The Zionist aggression against Gaza continues for the ninth consecutive day, with violent bombardments from warplanes, battleships, gunboats, and artillery, targeting homes and residential towers and buildings, which left hundreds of martyrs and civilian injuries, as well as destruction of public and private property and infrastructure and wiping out entire residential squares.

YPA