JERSEY Overseas Aid has said it is “appalled” by the loss of life in the escalating Israel-Hamas conflict.
At the time of writing, assaults by Hamas have left more than 1,200 Israelis dead – including 260 people whose bodies were recovered from the site of a music-festival massacre in southern Israel – while retaliatory air strikes are thought to have killed over 900 people in Gaza, flattening buildings and injuring thousands.
Hamas has also taken over 100 Israelis hostage, while Israel’s military this week ordered the “complete siege” of Gaza, cutting off fuel, electricity and water supplies to 2.3 million people, with troops massing at the border.
A JOA spokesperson said: “We are appalled by the loss of life following the shocking recent attacks. Our thoughts and prayers are with the thousands of innocent civilians caught up in the violence.”
