The Health Ministry in Gaza says it is “surprised” at what it called the “silence” of the international community amid the ongoing attacks by Israeli forces in the north, Al Jazeera reports.

Spokesperson Ashraf al-Qudra said “massacres” in the area were taking place in the absence of health services due to the “destruction of hospitals” by the Israeli army.

“It means the [Israeli] occupation insists on the genocide of the population,” he added.