DUBAI, November 16. /TASS/. At least 200 medical workers have been killed in the Gaza Strip since October 7, the Al Jazeera television said, citing the Palestinian enclave’s authorities.

According to the report, the death toll includes doctors, nurses and paramedics.

A total of 25 hospitals and 52 medical centers have been put out of operation by heavy Israeli bombing of the enclave. A total of 55 ambulance vehicles were hit by Israeli fire.

The situation in the Middle East has escalated abruptly after an armed infiltration of HAMAS militants from the Gaza Strip into Israel. The HAMAS movement considers this attack a response to the actions of Israeli authorities towards the Al Aqsa Mosque at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Israel announced a complete blockade of the Gaza Strip and started carrying out strikes on the enclave and certain areas in Lebanon and Syria. Clashes are also taking place in the West Bank.