GAZA, (PIC)
Palestinian resistance factions marked 1,000 days of Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip on Thursday by calling for national unity, an escalation of resistance and urgent action to end the war, as Gaza’s Government Media Office detailed the scale of the humanitarian catastrophe.
In a joint statement, the factions described the assault as an ongoing war that had caused widespread destruction and a severe humanitarian crisis, while arguing that Israel had failed to achieve its declared objectives, including displacing Gaza’s population and imposing new realities on the ground.
They reaffirmed the Palestinian people’s right to resist and called for intensified confrontation in the occupied West Bank, Jerusalem and Palestinian communities inside the 1948 occupied territories in response to annexation plans and settlement expansion.
The factions also rejected any external guardianship over Gaza, stressing that the “administration of the territory is an internal Palestinian matter.”
They called for the urgent formation of a committee of technocrats to manage Gaza’s affairs and for a comprehensive national dialogue aimed at restoring Palestinian unity and rebuilding national institutions.
They urged Arab and Muslim states to exert pressure to halt the Israeli aggression, expand official and popular support for the Palestinian cause and reject normalization with Israel.
Meanwhile, Gaza’s Government Media Office said more than 73,000 Palestinians had been confirmed killed and brought to hospitals since the genocide began, while around 9,500 people remained missing under rubble or in inaccessible areas.
According to the office, Israeli forces had used more than 223,000 tons of explosives, destroying or damaging over 90% of Gaza’s infrastructure and resources.
Children and women made up a large share of the victims, with more than 21,500 children and 12,500 women martyred. The office said 2,700 families had been entirely erased from the civil registry.
Gaza’s health system had nearly collapsed, with 38 hospitals out of service and around 1,700 medical workers killed. More than 173,000 wounded Palestinians were facing acute shortages in treatment, while about 22,000 patients had been prevented from leaving Gaza for medical care.
The statement also recorded more than 2.1 million cases of infectious disease among nearly two million displaced people.
The prolonged closure of crossings had worsened food insecurity, placing around 650,000 children at risk of malnutrition. More than 58,800 children had lost one or both parents, the office said.
The education sector had also suffered extensive destruction. All schools had been damaged, more than 620,000 students had been deprived of education and over 20,000 students had been martyred.
More than 410,000 housing units were damaged or destroyed, along with thousands of kilometers of electricity networks and 1,047 mosques. Gaza’s agricultural sector had contracted by 87%, while direct economic losses exceeded $80 billion.
The Government Media Office called for the immediate opening of crossings, unrestricted entry of humanitarian and medical aid, and international accountability for Israel and the states supporting it.
It also urged Arab and Muslim countries to launch an emergency relief effort and a comprehensive reconstruction plan in the beleaguered enclave.