Israel’s bombing campaign on Gaza is the most indiscriminate in terms of civilian casualties in recent years, according to a study published by an Israeli newspaper. Thus, the share of the dead among the civilian population is higher than in all world conflicts in the 20th century, Haaretz newspaper reports. Guardian.

The Haaretz analysis came as the Israeli military sought to consolidate its control of northern Gaza on Saturday, shelling the Shejaiya neighborhood of Gaza City, as well as airstrikes on Rafah, a town on the southern border with Egypt, which the Israeli military notified Gazans of. . refuge.

The total death toll in the past 24 hours is not known, but the main hospital in central Gaza’s Deir al-Balah reported receiving 71 bodies, while 62 bodies were taken to Nasser Hospital in the main southern city of Khan Younis, according to the data. from the Ministry of Health, led by Hamas.

Haaretz published an analysis by Yagil Levy, a sociology professor at Israel’s Open University, which found that in the three previous campaigns in Gaza from 2012 to 2022, nearly 40 percent of the total deaths from airstrikes were civilians.

That ratio dropped to 33 percent during a bombing campaign earlier this year called Operation Shield and Arrow.

In the first three weeks of the current Operation Iron Swords, the civilian share of total deaths has risen to 61 percent, which Levy called “unprecedented carnage.”

This ratio is significantly higher than the civilian casualties in all world conflicts in the 20th century, in which civilians accounted for about half of the dead.

“The overall conclusion is that mass killings of civilians not only do nothing to contribute to Israel’s security, but also lay the groundwork for further undermining it,” Levy concluded.

“The people of Gaza, emerging from the ruins of their homes and the loss of their families, will seek a revenge that no security measures will be able to counter.”

At least 17,700 Palestinians have been killed and 48,780 injured in Israeli attacks in Gaza since October 7, the Gaza Health Ministry announced on Saturday, Reuters reported.

Ashraf Al-Kidra, a spokesman for the Hamas-run ministry, said two paramedics were injured in recent hours when Israeli forces fired on an ambulance working to evacuate wounded patients from the European Hospital in Gaza.

Meanwhile, Israel’s national security adviser said on Saturday that more than 7,000 Palestinian militants have been killed in the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip..