The Gaza Strip government media office on Tuesday accused Israel of “misleading public opinion and spreading lies about the massacres it has committed” against displaced people in the al-Mawash area. , the number of martyrs increased to 41,020.
In a statistical report on the 340th day of war, the Gaza Health Ministry said that the number of deaths due to the “Israeli invasion” that has occurred in the Strip since October 7 has increased to 41,020 martyrs and 94,925 wounded.
She said that the occupation forces committed a terrible massacre early today when they bombed tents for displaced people in the al-Mawash area of Khan Younis, resulting in 19 martyrs (data are known) arriving in hospitals and more than 60 people injured. He said he was injured. Including serious cases.
She also confirmed that “Israeli occupation forces have committed three massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, with 32 martyrs and 100 wounded arriving in hospitals in the last 24 hours.” “Many of the victims are still under rubble and on the roads, so ambulances and civil defense cannot reach them,” she explained.
Lies and fabricated stories
Gaza’s government media office accused Israel of promoting lies and trying to mislead public opinion, and of fabricating stories about the massacre carried out on Tuesday against displaced people in the al-Mawash area, which Khan Younis classified as “safe.” . Administrative district in southern Gaza Strip.
The statement urged media outlets not to be fooled by the “lies” Israel is spreading in the Gaza Strip “to cover up its atrocious crimes against civilians and refugees.”
An Israeli airstrike on refugee tents in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis on Tuesday morning left 40 Palestinians dead, 60 wounded and dozens more missing, preliminary figures showed. Ismail Al-Thawabtah, Director General of Government Media.
Regarding this massacre, the secretariat said in a statement, “As this terrible massacre occurred in conjunction with the collapse of the health of the occupying forces, the government and relief workers are still rescuing dozens of martyrs and wounded people from the sites of bombing and targeting.” “Destroy systems, destroy hospitals, destroy services.”
The office warned that the occupation forces were “trying in vain to mislead public opinion by spreading lies, misrepresentations and fabricated stories, a failed attempt to justify the horrific massacres targeting displaced people’s tents.”
He accused Israel of implementing a policy of repeated deception to cover up its crimes and failures against civilians and refugees, especially children and women, since the beginning of its genocidal war in Gaza.
The office urged various media outlets to “take utmost care not to be fooled by the lies of the occupying forces” who seek to “use the media to cover up atrocious crimes against civilians and displaced people.”
He also accused the “occupation forces of using media deception and spreading fake news, rumors and lies to divert attention from ongoing crimes against the Palestinian people.”
The report said Israel and the U.S. administration were “fully responsible for the ongoing horrific massacres of civilians, children, and women in the Gaza Strip, especially in refugee tents.”
This is not the first bombing of Al-Mawasi by the Israeli occupation forces. That’s because there have been previous attacks against the area, which stretches for 12 kilometers along the Mediterranean coast between the northern cities of Deir al-Balah and Rafah. Despite the south’s classification as a “safe zone” and the forced displacement of Gaza’s residents, it unleashed horrific massacres that left hundreds dead, including martyrs and injured children and women.
According to the Gaza Strip’s Health Ministry, 90 Palestinians were martyred and 300 others, including dozens of children and women, were injured in an airstrike targeting displaced people’s tents in Khan Younis Mawash on July 13.
