Palestine, humanitarian crisis worsens as death toll increases

Reports indicate that over 53,000 people have been killed since the conflict began, with thousands more injured. teleSUR

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00:00The humanitarian crisis in Gaza grows as death toll rises to more than 53,000.

00:19Health Authority's latest report set the toll on 53,573 Palestinians killed

00:26and 121,688 people injured since October 2023.

00:32Over the past day, 87 people lost their lives in Israeli strikes, including 53 on Tuesday.

00:37UN Women reports over 28,000 women and girls have died, one every hour on average, many of them mothers.

00:45Conditions have deteriorated further since the ceasefire collapsed in March,

00:49worsened by nearly 11 weeks of blockade on humanitarian aid.

00:53In this context, UN Women is calling for an immediate ceasefire on restricted humanitarian access

00:59and the release of all hostages and arbitrarily detained individuals.