On the second anniversary of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says the regime's forces continue to perpetrate massacres against defenseless Palestinians amid “shameful international silence and unprecedented Arab failure.”
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Hamas described the October 7, 2023, Al-Aqsa Flood Operation as “a major turning point in the political and military landscape of West Asia.”
On that day, the resistance movement launched an unprecedented attack against the occupying regime. Hours later, Israel unleashed the campaign of genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza. Ever since, over 76,000 Palestinians have been killed or gone missing.
Israel continues to commit “massacres against defenseless civilians, amid shameful international silence and complicity and unprecedented Arab failure," read the statement by Hamas.
"Two years on, our people remain rooted in their land, clinging to their legitimate rights in the face of plans for liquidation and forced displacement,” Hamas said, praising Palestinians’ “steadfastness, resistance, and heroism.”
The statement also reaffirmed Hamas’s commitment to defending Palestinian rights and resisting occupation, reiterating that “popular steadfastness” remains the backbone of the struggle.
Gaza Health Ministry shares grim toll on civilians, healthcare
Meanwhile, the Health Ministry in Gaza released alarming new figures on the human and infrastructural toll of Israel’s two-year offensive.
According to the ministry, at least 67,173 Palestinians have been killed, including 20,179 children, while 169,780 others have been wounded over the last two years.
The number of medical personnel killed has risen to 1,701, with 362 others detained under conditions described as “forced disappearance.”
The report also highlighted the worsening famine in Gaza, with 460 deaths from starvation and malnutrition, including 154 children. More than 51,000 children under the age of five are suffering from severe malnutrition.
Gaza’s healthcare infrastructure has also been devastated by the regime’s attacks on hospitals and medical facilities, worsened by Israel's blockade that restricts essential supplies and aid.
Twenty-five out of 38 hospitals are now out of service, and the remaining facilities are operating under extreme pressure. Hospital bed occupancy has soared to 225 percent, compared with 82 percent during the same period last year.
Israel has also destroyed 103 of 157 primary healthcare centers, and more than half of essential medicines are unavailable, while 66 percent of medical equipment is lacking, the ministry said.
As the devastating war enters its third year, Hamas and local health authorities warn that the combined effects of relentless bombardment, a tightening blockade, and a collapsing medical system are pushing the besieged territory toward a “total societal breakdown.”
Hospitals are overwhelmed, food shortages are widespread, and essential services are failing, leaving civilians—especially children, the elderly, and the sick extremely vulnerable.
Officials warn that unless immediate humanitarian access is granted and the violence is halted, the social, economic, and health crises in Gaza could spiral into an irreversible catastrophe.
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