Gaza Israel Conflict: Israeli fire kills dozens in Gaza, officials say, as aid delivery remains chaotic after new measures
At least 78 Palestinians were killed by
Israeli strikes
or gunfire in the
Gaza Strip
on Monday, including a pregnant woman whose baby was delivered after her death but also perished, according to the local officials in a report by the Associated Press. Even when Israel took steps to loosen limits on humanitarian entrance, several were killed while attempting to obtain food.
Israel announced over the weekend that the military would halt operations in Gaza City, Deir al-Balah, and Muwasi for ten hours each day and establish safe channels for the delivery of assistance in response to growing concern over the deteriorating famine situation in Gaza. International assistance airdrops have also started up again.
According to aid organizations, the new policies are insufficient to stop the region's growing famine.
UN food agency spokesperson Martin Penner told The Associated Press that all 55 of the organization's relief trucks that arrived on Sunday were unloaded by people before they could get to their final destination. Nothing has changed on the ground, and no additional routes were permitted, according to another U.N. official.
Israel declared that, in addition to the additional humanitarian measures, it would continue its military operations.
Newborn dies after extensive surgery
After a complicated emergency cesarean delivery, a baby girl passed away a few hours later. According to AP film, she was breathing with the help of a ventilator after being placed in an incubator.
According to Nasser Hospital, which received the bodies, an Israeli attack on a house and nearby tents in the Muwasi neighborhood of
Khan Younis
killed 12 Palestinians, including a mother, Soad al-Shaer, who had been seven months pregnant.
The hospital reports that at least 11 people were killed in another attack that struck a two-story house in Khan Younis, with women and children accounting for more than half of the fatalities. Other hospitals in Gaza reported that attacks killed at least five more people.
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