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So far more than 40 thousand people have died in the Israel-Hamas war. And more than 90 thousand people have been injured.
25 Palestinians have died in one day in Israeli attack in Gaza. Eight people from the same family are among the dead. A woman and her six children have died in the attack. The war between Israel and Hamas has been going on in Gaza for the last 11 months. More than 40 thousand Palestinians have been killed in the war so far.
On the other hand, a case of polio has been found in Gaza for the first time after 25 years. Polio has been detected in a 10-month-old child in Central Gaza. The Health Ministry has confirmed this after testing the child’s sample in Jordan.
Earlier in June, type-2 polio virus was found in water in Gaza. After this, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had demanded a ceasefire for the vaccination of children.
At the same time, the Israeli army has said that it is working with the World Health Organization for polio vaccination in Gaza. Israel says that it is engaged in collecting 13 lakh polio vaccines.
After a case of polio was found in Gaza, testing for the virus has begun in children.
The war in Gaza has been going on for 11 months
It has been almost 11 months since this war between Israel and Hamas. On 7 October last year, Hamas terrorists attacked Israel. About 1200 Israeli citizens were killed in this attack. The terrorists took about 250 people hostage to Gaza.
According to Israel, 111 people are still in Hamas’ custody. These include 39 dead bodies. The hostages include 15 women and 2 children under the age of 5. After the October 7 attack, Israel declared war against Hamas. So far, 329 Israeli soldiers have also died in this war.
According to the Israeli army, they have killed more than 15 thousand Hamas terrorists so far. Due to the war, about 18 lakh people have left their homes in Gaza. Thousands of people have also had to leave their homes in Israel and Southern Lebanon.
Due to the war, 85 percent of the people of Gaza have become homeless.
5 lakh people are facing starvation crisis
The war has created a humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The citizens of Gaza, who are suffering from Israeli attacks, are facing the problem of starvation.
According to a report, about 5 lakh people of Gaza will face food crisis in the coming months. This figure is about a quarter of the total population of Gaza.
According to reports, Israeli attacks have so far destroyed 59% of Gaza’s buildings. In northern Gaza, this figure is more than 70%.
Talks in Qatar for ceasefire in Gaza
Talks for ceasefire and exchange of hostages between Israel and Hamas have started in Qatar from August 15. Apart from Israel, leaders of Qatar, America and Egypt took part in this ceasefire deal. No representative of Hamas participated in this conversation.
Efforts for this deal were going on for more than two months. Under the deal, there is a plan to implement ceasefire in Gaza in three phases.
According to this plan, Hamas will release some of the hostages on October 7. Also, the Israeli army will withdraw from Gaza. Apart from this, Palestinian prisoners lodged in Israeli jails will be released.
Threat of Iranian attack on Israel
Israel has been facing the threat of an Iranian attack since the death of Hamas chief Haniyeh in Iran on July 31 last month. Iran blamed Israel for Haniyeh’s death. After this, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei ordered to take revenge from Israel.
Due to the growing fear of Iranian attack on Israel, America has deployed submarines and warships in the Middle East. At the same time, in a joint statement issued by the leaders of 5 countries including America, Britain, Germany, Iran has been asked not to take any action against Israel.