The Health Ministry in Gaza said on Saturday that nearly 80 more Palestinians were killed in relentless Israeli attacks in the territory over the last two days, pushing up the overall death toll since October last year to 42,924.

Some 100,833 others have also been injured in the year-long, ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza, according to a ministry statement, Anadolu reported. 

“The Israeli occupation has committed seven massacres of families in the last 48 hours, resulting in 77 deaths and 289 injuries,” it said.

“Many people are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads, as rescuers are unable to reach them,” the statement added.

The Israeli onslaught has displaced almost the entire population of the territory amid an ongoing blockade that has led to severe shortages of food, clean water, and medicine.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for its actions in Gaza.