In the southern regions of the Gaza Strip, rescuers removed 9 more Palestinian bodies from the rubble. In total, since the ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement was established on January 19, 170 bodies have been removed from the rubble, the Palestinian WAFA news agency reported.
Civil Defense personnel and residents continue to search for bodies of Palestinians in the rubble, but this process is being slowed down by a lack of equipment and machinery.
Al Jazeera media reports that Israeli forces are preventing ambulance and rescue teams from reaching some areas to search and help the injured. This is especially true of the eastern and southern regions of the enclave, the section of the Philadelphia Corridor that stretches along the border with Egypt. in 2023 from October 7 to 2025 As a result of the Israeli strikes on January 19, the number of victims in the Palestinian enclave exceeded 47,000, and the number of wounded exceeded 100,000. About 14,000 people are missing.
Israel launched military operations in response to the 2023 On October 7, Hamas militants attacked, as a result of which about 1,200 people were killed in the Jewish state, and another 250 were taken hostage. On January 19, a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas came into force, and it was possible to reach Washington. , thanks to the mediation efforts of Doha and Cairo.
