The essentials of the day before

  • The American army has dispatched a ship to send humanitarian aid to Gaza, the American Central Command (Centcom) announced on Sunday, which specified that this boat "transports the first equipment necessary for the establishment of a port temporary to deliver vital humanitarian supplies.

  • Joe Biden said on Saturday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “doing more harm than good to Israel” through his conduct of the war in Gaza.

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  • Lebanese Hezbollah said it launched "dozens of rockets" on Sunday morning at the village of Meron, in northern Israel, "in response to Israeli aggression against southern villages and civilian homes."

  • The Hamas Health Ministry announced a new toll of 31,045 people killed in Israeli military operations and fighting in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war.

Please note: the number of victims is provided by the Hamas-led Gaza Ministry of Health.

The ministry collects information provided by hospitals in the enclave and by the Palestinian Red Crescent.

The Health Ministry in Gaza does not indicate how the Palestinians were killed, whether by Israeli airstrikes and/or barrages or failed Palestinian rocket attacks.

It describes all victims as victims of "Israeli aggression" and also does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.

During the four wars and numerous skirmishes between Israel and Hamas, United Nations agencies regularly cited Health Ministry figures in their reports.

The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Palestinian Red Crescent also use these figures.

In the aftermath of previous episodes of war, the United Nations Humanitarian Office published casualty figures based on its own research into medical records.

The UN figures largely agree with those of the Gaza Ministry of Health, with a few differences.

To learn more about the reports from the Gaza Ministry of Health, click here or here.

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