Dozens killed in Israel attacks in Gaza
Among the victims on Saturday, 14 were killed in Gaza City, four of them in an Israeli strike on a residence on Jaffa Street in the Tuffah area, which injured 10 others.
At least 30 aid seekers were killed by Israeli army fire north of Rafah, southern Gaza, near the one operating GHF site, which rights groups and the United Nations have slammed as 'human slaughterhouses' and 'death traps'.
Amid relentless daily carnage rained upon starving aid seekers and the ongoing Israeli blockade, Gaza's Government Media Office said 67 children have now died due to malnutrition, and 650,000 children under the age of five are at 'real and immediate risk of acute malnutrition in the coming weeks'.
'Over the past three days, we have recorded dozens of deaths due to shortages of food and essential medical supplies, in an extremely cruel humanitarian situation,' the statement read. 'This shocking reality reflects the scale of the unprecedented humanitarian tragedy in Gaza,' the statement added. page 5
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