The government media office in Gaza announced on Saturday that the Israeli occupation army carried out more than 94 air strikes within 72 hours, targeting unarmed civilians in the governorates of the Strip, which led to the killing of 184 Palestinians and the injury of dozens of others.

He said in a statement: "In a dangerous and immoral escalation as usual, the Israeli occupation army carried out more than 94 raids, shelling and crimes over the past 72 hours, targeting defenceless civilians and residential areas in the governorates of the Gaza Strip and in Gaza City in particular, in a brutal and deliberate manner."

He added: "The attacks resulted in the martyrdom of more than 184 Palestinians, including dozens of martyrs whose bodies did not reach hospitals due to the destruction of the infrastructure and the inability to reach them under the rubble, and because the occupation prevented ambulances, civil defense, medical crews, relief and emergency teams from reaching these bodies and dozens of wounded."

The government media office continued: "These crimes represent a flagrant violation of all international laws and norms, and fall within the category of war crimes and genocide targeting innocent civilians in the Gaza Strip."

He pointed out that "the occupation is using a scorched earth policy, where it is blowing up entire residential blocks and their residents, causing the destruction of dozens of homes on the heads of their residents, which has led to the fall of a large number of martyrs and wounded, including women and children."

He explained: "These deliberate attacks are part of a series of war crimes committed by the occupation against our Palestinian people, as it practices a policy of mass killing and ethnic cleansing in an attempt to terrorize our Palestinian people and forcibly displace them from their land."

The Government Media Office called on the international community and the Security Council to "assume their legal and moral responsibilities, intervene immediately to stop the aggression and prosecute the occupation leaders before international courts."

He also called on the United Nations to "send independent international investigation teams to document these heinous crimes and bring their perpetrators to justice."