The U.S.-Israel war against Iran since February 28 has killed nearly 2,400 people, injured more than 32,000 others, and displaced 3.2 million people, according to the data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday.
The U.S.-Israeli military strikes have not only caused heavy casualties in Iran but have also severely damaged civilian infrastructure.
Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, recently said that the United States and Israel were increasingly targeting densely populated areas of Iran and attempting to destroy Iran's civilian infrastructure.
Iran's Ministry of Health reported that more than 300 medical facilities have been damaged, making life even harder for residents facing medical emergencies.
Meanwhile, the hidden psychological damage caused by the war also warrants attention. The Iranian Red Crescent Society has established specially trained teams to address the rising number of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD) cases.
According to the WHO data, the U.S.-Israeli military operations have also killed more than 1,700 people and injured nearly 6,000 in Lebanon. In addition, Israel has reported 24 deaths and more than 7,000 injuries.
US-Israeli strikes kill nearly 2,400, displace 3.2 million in Iran: WHO
Cheng Li-wun, chairperson of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, expressed gratitude to Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, for his goodwill, and urged all political parties in Taiwan to work together for peace.
She made the remarks at a press conference in Beijing on Friday after meeting Xi.
"I sincerely hope that all political parties in Taiwan shall give up their differences and work together for peace when it comes to cross-Strait relations. General Secretary Xi also showed this significant goodwill just now. Such exchanges certainly will not be confined to exchanges between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. I believe such a broad vision and open-mindedness are something the Chinese Kuomintang is very pleased to see. We are not here today for the selfish interests of a single party. We are here today because we have our historical responsibility, and because we cannot allow Taiwan or the Taiwan Strait to fall into a battlefield. So we are taking the lead. Now that we have begun to blaze the trail, and it will only become ever smoother and broader going forward," Cheng said.
Invited by the CPC Central Committee and Xi, Cheng is the first KMT chairperson to have led a delegation to the Chinese mainland in a decade. The delegation, on a six-day visit, had visited Jiangsu Province and Shanghai before coming to Beijing.
KMT chairperson expresses appreciation for Xi's goodwill, urges peace
