The toll of martyrs and wounded in Gaza continues to rise and hospitals are still within reach of the occupation

The Israeli occupation continued its devastating aggression against the Gaza Strip and its targeting of hospitals, the latest of which was the storming of Kamal Adwan Hospital, which resulted in the number of victims rising to 18,412 martyrs and 50,100 injured since the start of the war until Tuesday evening, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Strip had risen to 18,412 martyrs and 50,100 injured, noting that the Israeli occupation forces stormed Kamal Adwan Hospital on Tuesday, after besieging and bombing it for several days.

On Tuesday morning, 22 Palestinians, including children and women, were martyred and others were injured in Israeli army raids that targeted homes in the Rafah and Khan Yunis governorates in the southern Gaza Strip.

The official Palestinian News Agency reported that “20 citizens were martyred and dozens were injured when the occupation warplanes bombed a number of homes in Rafah,” adding that “there are still missing people under the rubble.”

Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra said in a press conference, “We detected 326,000 cases of infectious diseases that arrived at health centers from shelter centers, and we believe that the number is much higher.”

He revealed that during the past hours, the Israeli occupation forces committed 17 massacres and systematic genocide crimes in all areas of the Gaza Strip, including the city of Rafah, “which they falsely claim to be safe.”

He also pointed out that hospitals received 207 martyrs and 450 injured during the past hours, and a large number of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, pointing out that the occupation is still preventing the arrival of ambulances to evacuate the wounded and to keep them bleeding to death.

Targeting hospitals is an ongoing show

Regarding the storming of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Al-Qudra explained that the occupation forces gathered the displaced and injured males, including medical staff, in the hospital courtyard, amid fears that doctors and nurses would be arrested or liquidated.

He pointed out that the occupation forces asked the hospital administration and medical staff to hand over the hospital security man’s weapon.

On Monday, Khalil Al-Dakran, spokesman for Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the city of Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, warned that the intensification of Israeli bombing threatens the collapse of the health system in the hospital, in light of the arrival of large numbers of casualties as a result of the raids.

On Saturday, the occupation targeted the Jordanian field hospital in the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, with a shell that caused damage to its contents, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

While a World Health Organization official in Gaza confirmed that only 11 hospitals out of 36 are partially operating in Gaza.

In turn, Director of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said in a post on the

He added: "We are deeply concerned about the prolonged searches and detentions of health sector workers, which endanger the lives of patients."

He explained that the mission stopped twice at the Wadi Gaza checkpoint, on the way to northern Gaza and on the way back, and a number of Palestinian Red Crescent employees were detained on both occasions.

Detention of workers led to the death of a patient

It was revealed that the aid truck carrying medical supplies and an ambulance was hit by bullets as the mission entered Gaza City.

He added: "Upon their return, some patients and Red Crescent health workers at the checkpoint were instructed to leave the ambulances and provide their identities. A number of health workers were also detained and interrogated for several hours."

It was also announced that a patient died on the way due to this obstruction, due to the seriousness of his wounds and the delay in receiving treatment.

Ghebreyesus stressed that "Gaza residents have the right to obtain health care," calling for the protection of the health sector even in war.

On Sunday, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that the Israeli army targeted ambulances in the Gaza Strip, and abused a Palestinian medic after detaining him, despite its action in coordination with the United Nations.

It was reported that a convoy of 6 ambulances belonging to the association moved, accompanied by United Nations vehicles, from Khan Yunis (south), after waiting nearly 4 hours to get the first green light to move towards the military checkpoint that separates northern and southern Gaza.

On the way back from the National Baptist Hospital, the association reported that “the convoy’s path was obstructed and paramedic Rami Al-Qatawi was re-detained, and due to the careful inspection, examination and interrogation procedures at the checkpoint for more than two hours, one of the wounded was martyred.”

With the outbreak of war in Gaza, serious fears prevail in Israeli circles about the increasing number of Jews fleeing the Hebrew state. This may represent a double blow to Israel, as it weakens its demographic structure and undermines the narrative of it being a safe haven for Jews.

During the days following the “Al-Aqsa Flood” attack, images of Israeli airports crowded with numbers of people fleeing the war circulated the international media and social media platforms. Reuters revealed at the time that Greek Cyprus had become the preferred destination for these fleeers, as it received only about 2,500 of them on October 12.

The reverse migration of Jews out of Israel, as the war continues in Gaza, raises serious concerns within the country's ruling circles. While this phenomenon is not limited to the last sixty days, but with every outbreak of a political or security crisis, the population drain continues in the Hebrew state. This undermines the narrative that it is the safest country for Jews, and negatively affects its demographic structure.

They migrate by the thousands

According to what the Zaman Israel newspaper reported on Thursday, citing an Israeli government source, about 370,000 Israelis have left the country since the start of the war on October 7, and it is not clear whether they will return or not.

The official added that more than 230,000 Israelis left the country alone between 7 and the end of October, and about 140,000 more left in November. This number is in addition to the 470,000 Israelis who were outside the country during the outbreak of the war, and have not returned yet.

The source stresses that “there is currently negative migration of about half a million people, and this number does not include thousands of foreign workers, refugees, and diplomats who left the country,” while “the war did not stop immigration to Israel, but it reduced it significantly.”

According to what Palestinian writer and journalist Wadih Awawdeh told TRT ,after the October 7 attack, “it became clear that Israel is the most dangerous place for Jews around the world,” and therefore “there are fears of an increase in the level of negative immigration.”

It is still unknown whether those fleeing Israel will return to it or not, but the idea of ​​immigration is widely spread in Israeli society. In an article by journalist Moshe Gilad in the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz, one of the immigrants was quoted as saying: “When I decided to leave, I was inspired by a friend who left, and then I discovered that I had four or five other friends who had left.”

The journalist added that anxiety haunts these migrants even after they leave, which he gleaned from a post by one of them, in which she complained: “We are under very serious pressure. How can we, for example, leave our apartment and go out to eat without being afraid that something will happen?” "We are terrified and trying to figure out if we made a mistake."

A phenomenon that has been going on for years

The phenomenon of negative or reverse migration of Jews out of Israel is not limited to the ongoing war. Rather, it is inherent in the Hebrew state, whenever a political or security crisis arises within it. This is confirmed by a Haaretz newspaper report , published in 2012, which reveals that about 40% of Israelis are considering leaving the country.

Many believe that this percentage is set to expand since the far-right government took power in Israel. The political crisis that Israel witnessed, over the Supreme Court’s reform project, reinforced this feeling.

According to writer and journalist Stefano Lorusso, “Secular Israelis feared a major economic recession, sparked by what they considered a political ‘doomsday’ led by hardline lawmakers.” Foreign investors and companies also became cautious about investing in the country, as the national currency had already weakened. ".

Lorusso stresses that these fears have made a large segment of Israelis think about immigration, as revealed by their efforts to obtain dual citizenship, European and American, as “Israelis are investing large sums of money to obtain them,” at a time when “immigration from Israel to Europe and the United States has become "It takes a deeply rooted political turn."

In 2022, the Portuguese Immigration Service said that Israelis ranked first as those who applied for Portuguese citizenship the most. Israeli requests for German citizenship increased by about 10 % . The European Union office in Tel Aviv also acknowledged that there has been an increase in the number of new people wishing to obtain the nationalities of its countries.

According to a study conducted by French historians Dominique Vidal and Thomas Vescovi, there are between 700,000 and one million Israeli citizens living outside Israel, about 100,000 of whom live in Germany. The number of Israelis who own a French passport increased by 45%.

“Israel’s leaders failed to create a nation!”

In his statements to TRT, Amin Al-Cohen, a research professor and specialist in Jewish history, argues that Israel has been experiencing “demographic fragility” since its founding until today, which could lead to mass migrations from it.

Cohen explains that Israeli society is not a unified nation, but rather “a mixture of human elements that flocked to Palestine in various historical periods, and which was distinguished by two factors: that there was no link between its components other than the Jewish religion, and even in this, Jewish religiosity was different according to the areas of displacement. The second factor is “It is the dominance of the Ashkenazis (European Jews) in the political, economic and intellectual space, while other Jews were considered lower-class citizens.”

The professor at Ben Misik University in Casablanca adds that the first indications of the phenomenon of Israeli immigration “appeared through some protest initiatives led by Sephardic Jews, which demanded the return to their motherland. Among them was what happened in 1959, led by a Moroccan Jew named Ben Harouch, who was raising a picture Mohammed V, King of Morocco, leading his demonstrations demanding the return to his motherland.

Cohen concludes: “Israel today lives with a generation that doubts its reliability. After 75 years, the state still lacks security and its entire history is wars, which is expressed by the presence of security institutions in their various formations and their dominance over all spaces. This is disturbing and pushes young groups to search for, New horizons and spaces outside it.”

The Moroccan professor concludes his talk to TRT by saying that: However, “(this reverse migration) is not as momentum as some imagine,” but “in the long term, and if the political situation continues to be tense, rebellion may occur against all the paradigms founding the state, and it may open up.” On other horizons, reverse migration may be one of its manifestations.”