Abdallah Abu Shawesh, the Palestinian Ambassador to Nigeria, said the total number of those killed since the beginning of the Hamas-Israeli war on October 7 has reached 7028 Palestinians, 2913 of them children.
Speaking at an interactive session with journalists and Civil Society Organizations on Thursday in Kaduna, he said that the number of internally displaced persons in the Gaza Strip is about 1,400,000.
He said there were 281 unidentified corpses, while about 20,000 civilians sustained various levels of injury and more than 1500 missing under the rubbles.
73 of the health workers were killed, while 100 injured. 12 hospitals and 32 health centres were out of service due to direct attacks or running out of fuel. 25 ambulances became out of service due to the Israeli attacks”.
Israel-Hamas War: Over 2,300 Children, 1,500 Women Killed in Gaza
“Some of the weapons used by the occupying power melt the skin of the people and need a special treatment that is not found in Gaza. Surgical operations were performed without anaesthesia using the light of telephones, and the wounded were treated on the floors of the corridors.”
“Due to crowded hospitals, the lack of hygiene and clean drinking water, many diseases began to appear, such as smallpox, scabies, and diarrhoea. The number of internally displaced persons in the Gaza Strip is about one million and four hundred thousand, displaced with other relative families, United Nations schools, mosques, churches and other public places, and the numbers are still to increase. More than 181,000 housing units were damaged by the aggression, including more than 27,781 units completely destroyed.”
