Palestine weekly: One thousand days of genocide in Gaza

Gaza marks 1,000 days of Israel’s genocidal war, with more than 1,072 killed since October ‘ceasefire’.

God bless each of these victims – Peter

In Gaza, the week marked 1,000 days since Israel’s genocidal war began. Gaza’s Government Media Office said that more than 90 percent of the Strip had been destroyed.

By July 6, Gaza’s Ministry of Health put the toll since the October “ceasefire” at 1,072 killed, with the cumulative figure since October 2023 reaching 73,098.

The killing did not pause for the anniversary. Israeli forces killed at least three Palestinians in a drone strike near al-Hilu station on July 1 and at least seven more over the following 48 hours, among them a child killed by a quadcopter-dropped bomb at the Shujayea junction and 10-year-old Tareq Sabah, killed near Khan Younis, according to local field reports. Strikes on tents sheltering the displaced in the designated al-Mawasi humanitarian zone recurred throughout the week.

The enclave’s sick and wounded – deprived still of critical medical supplies in the decimated Strip – protested outside Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital to demand that Israel lift travel restrictions on medical evacuations, with Gaza health authorities saying more than 20,000 people are awaiting exit through a throttled Rafah crossing.