Over 1600 including 11 Americans killed amid Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Washington: The death toll rises to 1,600 with at least 11 Americans were killed 11 Americans were killed in the latest conflict between Hamas and Israel.
The US State Department has confirmed that the death toll on each side has risen to 1200, while also confirming the deaths of eleven Americans. The death toll includes over 700 in Israel and more than 600 in Gaza.
The Israeli Health Ministry said more than 2,500 people were wounded in the attacks in Israel; Palestinian authorities estimated a similar number of injured in Gaza, media reports said.
Israel intensified its military’s offensive against the Hamas while the Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to “defeat Hamas forcefully”, media reports said.
The Israeli military, which called up 300,000 reservists, pounded Gaza with an aerial assault aimed at halting Hamas rockets targeting Israel border towns, USA Today reported.
Israel Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has ordered a complete siege of Gaza vowing to cut electricity, food and fuel — the lifeline to an impoverished home to over two million Palestinians in Gaza.
Meanwhile, the militant groups claimed to hold over 100 as hostages who have been abducted from Israel. Hamas also claimed that four hostages were killed by Israeli airstrikes.
