THE HAMAS-RUN GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED SINCE ISRAEL LAUNCHED ITS STRIKES ON THE TERRITORY FOLLOWING THE TERROR ATTACKS THAT LEFT MORE 1,400 DEAD.
THE HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS MORE THAN FORTY ONE HUNDRED (4,100) CHILDREN ARE AMONG THE DEAD.
PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS PREVIOUSLY SAID HE HAD NO CONFIDENCE ON FIGURES PROVIDED BY THE AGENCY RUN BY HAMAS.
PENTAGON SPOKESMAN BRIGADIER GENERAL PATRICK RYDER DID SAY MONDAY THAT THE NUMBERS ARE IN THE THOUSANDS.”
THE UNITED NATIONS ON MONDAY CALLED ONCE AGAIN FOR AN IMMEDIATE HUMANITARIAN CEASE-FIRE —
WITH THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL SAYING GAZA IS BECOMING A “GRAVEYARD FOR CHILDREN.”
SPEAKING TO ABC NEWS MONDAY, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU REITERATED HIS STANCE THAT THERE WOULD ONLY BE A CEASE-FIRE IF HAMAS RELEASED THE 200-PLUS HOSTAGES TAKEN BY THE MILITANT GROUP.