The essentials of the day before

  • US President Joe Biden urged the Israeli Prime Minister to “immediately reach an agreement” for “an immediate ceasefire” in Gaza. During this telephone interview with Benjamin Netanyahu, he also warned that his support for Israel will depend on “concrete” decisions to protect civilians in the Palestinian enclave.

  • After the death of seven aid workers from his NGO, Spanish chef Jose Andres, founder of World Central Kitchen, told Reuters on Wednesday that his colleagues had been "systematically targeted, car after car" by the Israeli attack.

  • Some 600 British lawyers have called for the suspension of arms sales to Israel in the name of a violation of international law and a "serious risk of genocide", further increasing the pressure on London, after the death of three British humanitarian workers.

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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