Israel kills over 90, including dozens of Gaza aid seekers
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Qatar Tribune
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- Qatar Tribune
31 killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza as hunger crisis grows
Agencies gaza At least 31 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, medical sources said, and 20 others were killed when a truck carrying humanitarian aid overturned onto a crowd of people. Among those who died in Israeli attacks on Wednesday were 10 aid seekers killed in various areas of the territory, despite the Israeli army's announcement of 'tactical pauses' in fighting to allow aid distribution. Al-Awda Hospital reported that five people – including a woman and two children – were killed, and others wounded, in an Israeli raid on a house north of the Nuseirat refugee camp. Four more people died in an Israeli raid on two homes in the Shujayea neighbourhood of Gaza City. Earlier on Wednesday, at least 20 Palestinians were killed when a truck delivering aid supplies overturned, according to the Government Media Office. The incident occurred as large numbers of Palestinians gathered in central Gaza in search of food and basic supplies amid an increasingly dire humanitarian crisis. Local officials quoted by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa said the vehicle overturned after Israeli forces directed it down what they described as an 'unsafe road'. Gaza Civil Defence spokesman Mahmoud Bassal said dozens of people were wounded while hundreds of civilians were waiting for aid, the AFP news agency reported. 'Despite the recent limited allowance of a few aid trucks, the occupation deliberately obstructs the safe passage and distribution of this aid,' the Government Media Office said in a statement. 'It forces drivers to navigate routes overcrowded with starving civilians who have been waiting for weeks for the most basic necessities. This often results in desperate crowds swarming the trucks and forcibly seizing their contents.' The incident comes as humanitarian organisations warn of famine and disease spreading across the enclave, while deaths from starvation and malnutrition continue to rise amid severe Israeli restrictions on aid. Hunger crisis At least five people died from malnutrition on Wednesday, medical sources told Al Jazeera. A source at al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza confirmed that Hiba Yasser Abu Naji, a child, died from malnutrition. An infant also died from starvation, according to the source, and an adult from Jabalia was reported to have died as well. According to Gaza's Ministry of Health, at least 193 people – including 96 children – have died from starvation and malnutrition since October 2023. On Tuesday, the Israeli military allowed 85 aid trucks to enter Gaza – far below the 600 trucks a day needed to meet basic requirements, according to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). Meanwhile, Palestinians approaching aid distribution sites run by the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) have frequently come under Israeli fire since the organisation launched operations in late May, after Israel slightly eased its total blockade. Such shootings have become near-daily occurrences near GHF sites in central and southern Gaza. 'Time is running out for people in Gaza, and a deal has to be reached between Hamas and the Israeli military that will allow for humanitarian aid to be let into the enclave,' Hisham Mhanna, a spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), told Al Jazeera. 'Everyone has suffered enough. We have lost colleagues, we have lost friends, families – everyone in Gaza is impacted,' he said.
Al Jazeera
14 hours ago
- Al Jazeera
At least 20 Palestinians killed after aid truck overturns in central Gaza
At least 20 Palestinians have been killed and many injured after a truck carrying humanitarian aid overturned onto a crowd of people in central Gaza, according to the Government Media Office in the enclave. The incident occurred on Wednesday as large numbers of Palestinians gathered in central Gaza in search of food and basic supplies, amid an increasingly dire humanitarian crisis. Local officials quoted by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa said the vehicle overturned after Israeli forces directed it down what they described as an 'unsafe road'. Gaza Civil Defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal said that 20 people were killed and dozens were wounded in the incident while hundreds of civilians were waiting for aid, the AFP news agency reported. 'Despite the recent limited allowance of a few aid trucks, the occupation deliberately obstructs the safe passage and distribution of this aid,' the Gaza Government Media Office said in a statement. 'It forces drivers to navigate routes overcrowded with starving civilians who have been waiting for weeks for the most basic necessities. This often results in desperate crowds swarming the trucks and forcibly seizing their contents.' The incident comes as humanitarian organisations warn of famine and disease spreading across the enclave, while deaths from starvation and malnutrition continue to rise. At least three people died from malnutrition on Wednesday, medical sources told Al Jazeera. A source at al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza confirmed that Hiba Yasser Abu Naji, a child, died from malnutrition. An infant also died from malnutrition, according to the source. An adult from Jabalia was also reported to have died as a result of malnutrition. On Monday, the Israeli military permitted 95 aid trucks to enter Gaza – a figure far below the 600 trucks a day needed to meet basic requirements, according to UNRWA. The current daily average is 85 trucks. Meanwhile, Palestinians approaching aid distribution sites run by the notorious GHF have frequently come under Israeli fire since the organisation launched operations in late May. Such shootings have become near-daily occurrences near its sites in central and southern Gaza. Jens Laerke, a spokesperson for OCHA, said that while some aid was entering the enclave, 'there should be hundreds and hundreds of trucks entering Gaza every day for months or years to come. 'People are dying every day. This is a crisis on the brink of famine,' he said, adding that tonnes of life-saving aid remain stuck at border crossings due to bureaucratic delays and a lack of safe access. Elsewhere in Gaza, several Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across the enclave. Al-Awda Hospital reported that five people – including a woman and two children – were killed, and others wounded, in an Israeli raid on a house north of the Nuseirat refugee camp. Four more people were killed in an Israeli raid on two homes in the Shujayea neighbourhood of Gaza City.
Qatar Tribune
a day ago
- Qatar Tribune
Israel kills an average 28 children daily in Gaza: UN
Agencies Gaza Approximately 28 children are being killed daily in Gaza due to the ongoing Israeli bombardment and its restrictions on the delivery of direly needed humanitarian assistance, according to the United Nations. 'Death by bombardments. Death by malnutrition and starvation. Death by lack of aid and vital services,' the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in a post on X on Tuesday. 'In Gaza, an average of 28 children a day – the size of a classroom – have been killed.' The agency stressed that children in Gaza are in urgent need of food, clean water, medicine and protection, adding: 'More than anything, they need a ceasefire, NOW.' Israel has killed more than 18,000 children – one child every hour – since the start of its genocidal war on Gaza. At least 60,933 Palestinians have been killed and 150,027 others wounded since October 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked southern Israel. In the last 24 hours, at least eight Palestinians, including one child, have starved to death in Gaza. A total of 188 people, including 94 starving children, have died as Israel continues to block aid and kill aid seekers. 'For those who survive, childhood has been replaced by a daily struggle for the basics of life,' said Al Jazeera's Aksel Zaimovic. Kadim Khufu Basim, a displaced Palestinian child, said he is forced to support a family of six people because his father is injured and receiving treatment in Egypt. 'I love playing football. But now I sell ********s. My childhood is gone. Since the war began, we have no childhood left,' Basim told Al Jazeera. Under international law, children like Basim are supposed to be spared the effects of war. 'But in Gaza, these children have suffered the most under Israel's military campaign. Schools deliberately targeted, water facilities destroyed, food supplies systematically blocked. And the fundamental rights of childhood … education, play, proper nutrition … have been weaponised against an entire generation,' said Zaimovic. 'A graveyard for children' Israel's war on Gaza is also leaving its psychological scars on children. The hair and skin of Lana, a 10-year-old displaced child, turned white almost overnight after a bombing near her shelter triggered what doctors call trauma-induced depigmentation. Lana has become withdrawn, often only talking to her doll, as other children bully her for her appearance. 'She talks to her doll and says, 'Do you want to play with me, or will you be like the other kids?' Her mental health is severely damaged,' Mai Jalal al-Sharif, Lana's mother, told Al Jazeera. 'Gaza is a graveyard for children today and for their dreams,' Ahmad Alhendawi, regional director of the NGO Save the Children, told Al Jazeera. 'This is an inescapable living nightmare for every child in Gaza … This is a generation that is growing up thinking that the world has abandoned them, that the world has turned its back on them.' Israel has closed Gaza's crossings since March 2, only allowing 86 trucks of aid into the besieged enclave daily, a figure equal to just 14 percent of the minimum 600 trucks needed each day to meet the basic needs of the population, according to data from Gaza's Government Media Office. The lack of aid has led to an unprecedented famine in Gaza. UN experts and more than 150 humanitarian organisations have called for a permanent ceasefire, to allow for aid deliveries and the psychological recovery of what they've dubbed a 'lost generation'.
