Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh announced today (Wednesday) the cancellation of all New Year celebrations due to Israel's war on the Gaza Strip, which has been ongoing since the seventh of last October.

Shtayyeh said at the beginning of the weekly government meeting in the city of Ramallah that it was decided to "cancel all New Year's celebrations, and there will be demonstrations of anger against the crimes of the occupation."

Shtayyeh welcomed every Arab and international effort to stop the aggression against the Palestinian people, praising their steadfastness in the face of the Israeli war machine.

According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, the total number of Palestinian deaths has risen to 20,915 and those injured to 54,918 people since the start of Israel’s war on the Strip on October 7th.

Since October 7, Israel has been waging a large-scale war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip under the name “Iron Swords,” which has left massive destruction to buildings and infrastructure.

The war began after Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on southern Israel, which it called the “Al-Aqsa Flood,” which claimed the lives of more than 1,200 Israelis, according to the Israeli authorities.