Israel turns aid centers in Gaza into death traps against Palestinians: Health Ministry
A screenshot of a video footage showing thousands of Palestinians run away after Israeli forces opened fire on them at aid center distribution in Gaza-
CAIRO – 1 June 2025: Israeli forces opened fire at thousands of starved Palestinian displaced people in Gaza, killing and injuring the hundreds in the aid distribution centers in the besigeed enclave on Sunday.
Al Arabiya net reported that more than 40 people were killed and more than 150 others were injured by Israeli forces at the aid centers.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health – Gaza said that the so-called "aid centers" have become Israeli death traps and a tool for the forced displacement of Gaza residents.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health stated that the Israeli occupation is using the new mechanism it established for distributing aid in the Gaza Strip to traps for mass killings in the Strip and a tool for the forced displacement of Gaza residents.
In press statements today, Sunday, the Director General of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Munir Al-Barsh, expressed his condemnation of the international silence regarding the massacres being committed against the starving residents of the Gaza Strip.
Dr. Al-Barsh also indicated that Gaza hospitals are facing dire conditions in light of the severe shortage of medicines and medical supplies, noting that the occupation is still preventing approximately 3,000 trucks carrying medical supplies located in the Egyptian city of Al-Arish from crossing into the Gaza Strip.
Dr. Al-Barash pointed out that the occupation deliberately spreads infectious diseases and epidemics by continuing to prevent the flow of medicines and vaccines, pointing to the spread of many vector-borne diseases, acute bloody diarrhea, and meningitis, in addition to depriving the population of water security, as 90% of the population suffers from water insecurity.
According to the daily statistical report on the death and injury tolls as a result of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, 37 martyrs (including 5 recovered martyrs) and 136 injuries were admitted to Gaza Strip hospitals in the past 24 hours. So, the death toll from the Israeli aggression has risen to 54,418 martyrs and 124,190 injuries since October 7, 2023.
A number of victims are still under the rubble and on the streets, unable to be reached by ambulances and civil defense crews.
The death toll and injuries since March 18, 2025 have reached (4,149 martyrs, 12,149 injuries).
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