At least 7,326 people have died in Palestinian territory since the conflict with Israel began on October 7, as per a report released on Friday by the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza.
This recent death toll includes 3,038 children, as stated by the ministry, and 18,967 people have been injured throughout Gaza.
As the conflict raged into its 21st day, the Israeli army, backed by fighter jets and drones, is preparing for a ground offensive, carrying out a land incursion into the Gaza Strip. Israel destroys Shireen Abu Akleh’s memorial in West Bank
The memorial honouring the late Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, which stood at the entrance to the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, has been demolished by Israeli army bulldozers.
“Israeli forces stormed the city of Jenin and the outskirts of itscamp, and a military bulldozer began razing Martyr Abu Akleh Street and her memorial,” witnesses said on Friday. The witnesses explained that “the army deliberately vandalised the street and destroyed the memorial of Abu Akleh.” Israel has ordered the residents of the Manara settlement to stay in shelters due to security concerns, as Israel-Lebanon border tensions continue.
