On the 317th day of the war in the Gaza Strip, a report issued by the Civil Defense Agency in the region has shocked the world by detailing ongoing events, as well as providing information confirming that the death toll in the area is much higher than the official figures released by the Ministry of Health. The Palestinian Civil Defense stated that 1,760 bodies have evaporated and left no trace, thus not recorded in the Ministry of Health's death registry, indicating the use of banned weapons. The report also revealed that 8,240 bodies have been forcibly disappeared, with their fate unknown since the outbreak of the war. Additionally, 2,210 bodies have disappeared from various cemeteries in the region and areas targeted by Israeli forces, according to the Civil Defense. There are also 10,000 missing individuals trapped under buildings that rescue teams have been unable to reach due to ongoing fighting and deliberate targeting of vehicles by the Israeli army.
The amount of bombs and missiles dropped by the Israeli army suggests that they have turned the densely populated Gaza Strip into a testing ground for the latest American and Israeli weapons. According to the Civil Defense, the Israeli army has dropped more than 85,000 tons of explosives, causing destruction to over 80% of the urban infrastructure of the Gaza Strip and nearly 90% of its infrastructure, 17% of which did not detonate and is considered hazardous waste leading to further casualties. As a result, 90 children have died from tampering with these unexploded devices, especially as some resemble food cans. The Civil Defense also noted the martyrdom of 82 of its workers and the injury of 270 others while performing their duties.
