Balfour Day 2 November 2022
105 years after the UK Government’s Balfour Declaration, which so many Palestinians see as being the start of a century of dispossession and suffering.
300 Days of War
1st August, 2024
The government media office in Gaza has released an update on the main statistics of the ongoing genocide perpetrated by the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip on day 300 of the war.
- 300 days of genocide
- 3,457 massacres committed by the occupation army
- 49,480 martyrs and missing persons
- 10,000 missing persons
- 39,480 martyrs who reached hospitals
- 16,314 child martyrs
- 35 martyrs died from starvation
- 10,980 female martyrs
- 885 martyrs from medical teams
- 79 civil defense martyrs
- 165 journalist martyrs
- 7 mass graves established by the occupation inside hospitals
- 520 martyrs recovered from 7 mass graves inside hospitals
- 91,128 wounded and injured
- 69% of the victims are children and women
- 168 shelters targeted by the occupation
- 17,000 children living without one or both parents
- 3,500 children at risk of death due to malnutrition and lack of food
- 12,000 wounded needing to travel abroad for treatment
- 10,000 cancer patients facing death and needing treatment
- 3,000 patients with various illnesses needing treatment abroad
- 1,737,524 suffering from infectious diseases due to displacement
- 71,338 cases of hepatitis infections due to displacement
- 60,000 (approximately) pregnant women at risk due to lack of healthcare
- 350,000 chronic patients at risk due to a lack of medication
- 5,000 detainees from Gaza during the genocide
- 310 arrests of healthcare personnel
- 36 journalists known to be detained
- 2 million displaced in the Gaza Strip
- 198 government buildings destroyed
- 117 schools and universities completely destroyed
- 332 schools and universities partially destroyed
- 107 scholars, university professors, and researchers executed
- 610 mosques completely destroyed
- 211 mosques partially destroyed
- 3 churches targeted and destroyed
- 150,000 housing units completely destroyed
- 80,000 housing units made uninhabitable
- 200,000 housing units partially destroyed
- 82,000 tons of explosives dropped on the Gaza Strip
- 34 hospitals put out of service
- 68 health centers put out of service
- 162 health institutions targeted
- 131 ambulances targeted
- 206 archaeological and heritage sites destroyed
- 3,030 kilometers of electrical networks destroyed
- 34 sports facilities and gyms destroyed
- 700 water wells destroyed and put out of service
- $33 billion in initial direct losses from the genocide.
Source: Government Media Office, Gaza Strip, Palestine
Thursday 1st August, 2024
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“The Ukrainian team of eight had not met before the tournament. They may not have been the best team in the world, but they were such huge favourites with everyone as they were so enthusiastic.” As the invasion of Ukraine begins, Amos Director Chris Rose remembers meeting eight of its young people at the inaugural Street Child World Cup.
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