Secretary Blinken says ‘far too many’ Palestinians have died as Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Well being places dying toll at 11,000 – however IDF says ’80 p.c’ of civilians have been evacuated

Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the present day stated ‘far too many’ Palestinians have been killed within the ongoing struggle with Israel because the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Well being put the civilian dying toll at 11,000. 

The remarks, his most damning of Israel‘s ongoing airstrikes, have been delivered through the secretary’s state go to to India. 

‘Far too many Palestinians have been killed. Far too many have suffered these previous weeks. 

‘We need to do every little thing attainable to forestall hurt to them and to maximise the help that will get to them,’ he stated. 

He counseled Israel for agreeing to day by day four-hour pauses within the battle to permit any remaining civilians to evacuate and for humanitarian businesses to ship help. 

Palestinians bury members of the Hijazi household who have been killed in an airstrike in southern Gaza Strip

Israeli officers are but to concede the dying toll. The nation has attracted elevated criticism of its army ways this week, with United Nations Secretary-Common Antonio Guterres amongst these to talk out. 

Whereas officers are but to just accept blame for civilian deaths – as an alternative blaming them on Hamas for utilizing Palestinians as human shields – they declare 80 p.c of the 1.1million civilians in Gaza have now fled the battle zone. 

‘At the moment was a superb day, 50,000 folks joined in [the evacuation] from north Gaza to the South. Between 850,000 and 900,000 of the 1.1million in Gaza have evacuated. 

On this video nonetheless, a projectile, seen top-right, might be seen flying by the air, seconds earlier than an explosion hit the Al-Shifa hospital in a single day

Footage from Al-Shifa hospital’s courtyard in a single day appeared to point out one of many strikes, though it was unattainable to confirm its origin from the footage

‘We’re very pleased about this. Hamas just isn’t,’ IDF Lt. Commander Jonathan Conricus stated at a briefing on the Israeli Consulate in New York final night time. 

These numbers haven’t but been confirmed or disputed by Palestinian businesses, nor have they been verified by the UN or impartial our bodies. 

The Pink Cross informed DailyMail.com it couldn’t confirm the figures on Friday.  

IDF has been criticized for globally for its relentless army marketing campaign in opposition to Hamas, throughout which hundreds of Gazan civilians have been killed. 

Whereas Israel has agreed to day by day pauses, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated this week {that a} ceasefire is ‘not an choice’. 

‘A ceasefire with Hamas means give up to Hamas and give up to terror,’ he stated throughout an look on Fox Information final night time. 

Early on Friday, at the very least three strikes over a number of hours hit the courtyard and the obstetrics division of Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest, in line with Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesperson on the Well being Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza.

The Israeli military has repeatedly accused Palestinian terrorist group Hamas of utilizing hospitals, notably Al-Shifa, to coordinate their assaults and likewise as hideouts for its commanders. Hamas authorities deny the accusations.

Tens of hundreds of Palestinian civilians are fleeing north Gaza each day, in line with IDF officers. 

‘There isn’t a secure place left. The military hit Al-Shifa. I do not know what to do,’ stated 32-year-old Abu Mohammad, who was amongst these searching for refuge on the hospital. ‘There’s capturing… on the hospital. We’re afraid to exit.’

Al-Shifa’s director and Gaza’s Hamas authorities, which reported a dying toll of 13, blamed Israeli forces for a strike on the hospital.

Stunning footage from the hospital’s courtyard in a single day appeared to point out one of many strikes, though it was unattainable to confirm its origin from the footage.

One video, shot at night time, opens with a view of the black sky above Al-Shifa hospital with the sound of what could possibly be an plane and a projectile piercing the air.

For a quick second, a missile is seen incoming at an excessive pace, earlier than slamming into the bottom someplace off to the precise of the digicam. There’s a blast, adopted by a number of extra ‘pops’ as shrapnel is emitted from the blast zone.

The digicam spins to point out the within of makeshift tents within the courtyard, the place individuals who had simply been sleeping and resting get up in a panic. Others are seen operating into the tents in a determined try to search out shelter.