Israel kills 71 in Gaza as starvation deaths mount
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At least 71 people, including 42 aid seekers, were killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn on Saturday.
According to Palestinian doctors at the Shifa Hospital, Israeli soldiers shot and killed 16 people waiting for humanitarian aid to be distributed in the Gaza Strip. Gazans have been shot repeatedly while waiting for the distribution of humanitarian aid or near border crossings.
An Israeli and UN-backed rival aid group called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has been operating in the coastal strip in recent times, but there have been widespread Palestinian media reports of Israeli attacks on those waiting in line for help. GHF distribution centres are also guarded by private US security firms.
International aid organisations describe the situation on Gaza as catastrophic.
As Israel allows only limited humanitarian aid into the sealed-off strip, most of the population is starving.
More than 100 people have already died of malnutrition, 80 percent of whom were children, according to the local health authority.
According to COGAT, the Israeli military authority responsible for approving and coordinating aid transports, 100 trucks with humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip on Friday.UN organisations distributed the goods, COGAT said. But in recent weeks, the UN says only a few aid convoys have reached the area. For Gaza to receive adequate supplies, at least 500 trucks a day would be needed.
Israeli-imposed hunger killed five people in Gaza, as the total number of starvation deaths in the territory risen to more than 127.
Israel's war on Gaza has killed at least 59,733 people and wounded 144,477. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attacks and more than 200 were taken captive. page 5
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