The past year has been an “endless tragedy” for the Middle East, the UN announced today on the occasion of the first black anniversary of the deadly and unprecedented attack by militants of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in southern Israel. In the deadliest attack in Israel’s history, more than 1,200 people were killed and about 250 were taken hostage in the Gaza Strip. Israel has responded with massive attacks against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which have killed more than 41,800 people, according to the Palestinian Islamist movement’s health ministry, which is in power in the Palestinian enclave. Hamas does not distinguish between fighters and civilians in its tally, and these figures cannot be independently verified. “There are no statistics or words that can fully express the magnitude of the physical, mental and social devastation that has occurred,” notes Joyce Misuya, interim head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). OR […]
Source: News Beast
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