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Aid agencies decry devastating toll of six months of war
The Straits Times
|April 09, 2024
The United Nations and other international aid organisations on April 7 decried the devastating toll of six months of war in Gaza, warning that the Palestinian territory had become "beyond catastrophic".
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"Six months is an awful milestone," said the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), warning that "humanity has been all but abandoned" in the severity of the conflict.
The war broke out after an unprecedented Oct 7 attack on Israel by Hamas militants that resulted in the deaths of 1,200 people, mostly civilians, Israeli figures show.
The militants also seized more than 250 hostages, of whom around 130 remain in Gaza, including 34 who the army says are dead.
Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed over 33,200 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to the Health Ministry in the amas-run territory.
World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made a new condemnation of the "barbaric act of violence" that unleashed the war, and demanded "the release of remaining hostages".
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