The death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 5,087 amid intensifying Israeli airstrikes, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.
In response, UN health agency (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued a new appeal on Monday for “sustained safe passage” for medical essentials and fuel to keep health facilities open.
“Lives depend on these decisions,” he said on social platform X, formally Twitter.
The Gaza Ministry of Health said that the number of people killed in Gaza since 7 October has risen to 5,087.
Women and children have made up more than 62 percent of the fatalities, while more than 15,273 people have been injured.
Meanwhile, UN Humanitarian Aid Coordination Office, OCHA, said that more than 1,000 have been reported missing and “are presumed to be trapped or dead under the rubble”.
“The largest medical facility in Gaza, Shifa Hospital, is now treating around 5,000 patients, many times beyond its normal figure of around 700. About 91 facilities run by the UN's largest aid agency in Gaza, UN refugee agency UNRWA, are functioning as civilian shelters.”
Moreover, the UN Spokesperson said that the average number of people staying in Gaza shelters is 4,400, around 2.5 times their designated capacity.
He noted that about 70 civilians are sharing space in each UNRWA classroom.
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