Hamas: Over 70% of victims in Gaza are children, women

Injured Palestinians taken to Al-Shifa Hospital following Israeli airstrike on Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza on October 17, 2023 [Ali Jadallah – Anadolu Agency]

Hamas spokesman Abdul Latif Al-Qanoua said more than 70 per cent of the Palestinian victims killed in the Israeli aggression on the besieged Gaza Strip are women and children.

Al-Qanoua added in a statement yesterday that the “Israeli criminal occupation” continues its genocidal war against civilians.

He stressed that the resistance and the Qassam Brigades are fine, and their will is stronger than the destructive force of the occupation, and the enemy will be defeated, whether the battle is long or short.

Al-Qanoua pointed out that the Gaza Strip’s distress calls are weak compared to the increasingly disastrous situation on the ground.

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