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The National
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Israeli strikes kill 72 Palestinians, 29 waiting for aid trucks
Another Israeli air strike on a home in the Zeitoun neighbourhood south of Gaza City killed eight people, leaving multiple other people wounded, according to medical sources. Eight more people were killed, and others injured, including a woman and two children, in Israeli strikes on tents of displaced people in al-Mawasi camp in Gaza's south, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. READ MORE: Group of 'neo-Nazis' thrown out from council meeting about 'far-right racist' banners Meanwhile, a further 10 people, including a husband, wife and children from a single family, were killed in another Israeli air strike on the Maghazi camp in central Gaza, local reports have said. The Israeli military told the Reuters news agency that it was looking into the reported deaths of people waiting for food aid. The bodies of 20 people shot dead in northern Gaza by Israeli forces while waiting for aid trucks were left on the street for five days before Civil Defence paramedics from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs were given approval by Israeli officials to recover them. Ahmed Ghaben told Al Jazeera about the death of a relative saying that his nephew wasn't a resistance fighter and that he simply went to get a bag of flour. He said: 'My nephew went to bring his children a bag of flour, but he was brought back a lifeless body, as you can see, a martyr. 'He left 14 family members. He went [to get aid] due to hunger. He wasn't a resistance fighter. He went to get a bag of flour.' Al Jazeera's Tareq Abu Azzoum, reporting from Deir el-Balah, said, 'It's very clear that Israeli forces are targeting civilians who only went to get bags of flour or boxes of food. 'Eyewitnesses say the soldiers used a variety of weapons, including drones and tanks. Snipers who have been deployed in nearby hills have also been gunning down the civilians. 'The Israeli military claims these hungry crowds are a security threat, but these claims have not been substantiated with clear evidence.' Experts have warned that Israel's ongoing war on Gaza and restrictions on the entry of aid have put Gaza, which is home to some two million Palestinians, at risk of famine. The UN's human rights chief, Volker Turk, condemned Israel's conduct around the aid centres this week.
The National
an hour ago
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- The National
Israeli strikes kill 72 Palestinians in Gaza
Another Israeli air strike on a home in the Zeitoun neighbourhood south of Gaza City killed eight people, leaving multiple other people wounded, according to medical sources. Eight more people were killed, and others injured, including a woman and two children, in Israeli strikes on tents of displaced people in al-Mawasi camp in Gaza's south, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. READ MORE: Group of 'neo-Nazis' thrown out from council meeting about 'far-right racist' banners Meanwhile, a further 10 people, including a husband, wife and children from a single family, were killed in another Israeli air strike on the Maghazi camp in central Gaza, local reports have said. The Israeli military told the Reuters news agency that it was looking into the reported deaths of people waiting for food aid. The bodies of 20 people shot dead in northern Gaza by Israeli forces while waiting for aid trucks were left on the street for five days before Civil Defence paramedics from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs were given approval by Israeli officials to recover them. Ahmed Ghaben told Al Jazeera about the death of a relative saying that his nephew wasn't a resistance fighter and that he simply went to get a bag of flour. He said: 'My nephew went to bring his children a bag of flour, but he was brought back a lifeless body, as you can see, a martyr. 'He left 14 family members. He went [to get aid] due to hunger. He wasn't a resistance fighter. He went to get a bag of flour.' Al Jazeera's Tareq Abu Azzoum, reporting from Deir el-Balah, said, 'It's very clear that Israeli forces are targeting civilians who only went to get bags of flour or boxes of food. 'Eyewitnesses say the soldiers used a variety of weapons, including drones and tanks. Snipers who have been deployed in nearby hills have also been gunning down the civilians. 'The Israeli military claims these hungry crowds are a security threat, but these claims have not been substantiated with clear evidence.' Experts have warned that Israel's ongoing war on Gaza and restrictions on the entry of aid have put Gaza, which is home to some two million Palestinians, at risk of famine. The UN's human rights chief, Volker Turk, condemned Israel's conduct around the aid centres this week.
Qatar Tribune
12 hours ago
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- Qatar Tribune
Israeli forces kill 69 Palestinians in Gaza, including 29 seeking aid: Health officials
agencies Gaza At least 69 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire across Gaza on Wednesday, including 29 people who were waiting for aid trucks, Palestinian health officials said, the latest carnage hitting people desperate to secure food for their hungry families. The latest incidence of the daily killing of Palestinian aid seekers in recent weeks took place early on Wednesday on Salah al-Din Street near the Netzarim Corridor in central Gaza, medical sources told Al Jazeera. More than 100 others were injured in the attack, they said. In other deadly Israeli strikes across Gaza, eight people were killed, and others injured, in an air strike on a home in the Zeitoun neighbourhood south of Gaza City, medical sources told Al Jazeera. Eight more people were killed, and others injured, in Israeli strikes on tents of displaced people in al-Mawasi camp in Gaza's south, medical sources told Al Jazeera. The victims included a woman and two children, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. Another strike took place on the Maghazi camp in central Gaza, news agencies reported, citing medics. Wafa reported that 10 people, including a husband, wife and children from a single family, were killed in the strike. Hamas condemned Israel's assault on residential areas across the enclave, as well as its targeting of aid seekers at distribution points managed by the contentious US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). 'The systematic abuse of innocent civilians, the escalation of massacres, the targeting of the starving, forced evictions, and the shrinking of areas the occupation claims are 'safe'' amount to war crimes, the group said. Israel's attacks are 'part of the brutal war of extermination that has been ongoing for nearly 20 months', it added. The Israeli military, when asked for comment, told the Reuters news agency that it was looking into the reported deaths of people waiting for food aid. Regarding the other reported strikes, it claimed it was 'operating to dismantle Hamas military capabilities' and taking 'feasible precautions to mitigate civilian harm', Reuters reported. The GHF began distributing a trickle of food aid in Gaza at the end of May after Israel partially lifted a nearly three-month total blockade on food, medicines and other essential items, leading to fears of famine for the population of 2.3 million. No other aid has been allowed in by Israel, which in effect has kept the punishing blockade in place. Israeli mass killings of aid seekers have become a grim daily occurrence amid the chaotic scenes as desperate Palestinians are given a narrow window to rush for food. The United Nations and major humanitarian groups have refused to cooperate with the GHF, citing concerns that it prioritises Israeli military objectives over humanitarian needs and bypasses organisations with decades of experience in providing food and medicine at hundreds of locations to the entire population of Gaza. Ahmed Ghaben told Al Jazeera about the death of a relative: 'My nephew went to bring his children a bag of flour, but he was brought back a lifeless body, as you can see, a martyr. He left 14 family members. He went [to get aid] due to hunger. He wasn't a resistance fighter. He went to get a bag of flour.' Gaza's Ministry of Health said on Tuesday that 397 Palestinian aid seekers had been killed and more than 3,000 wounded since distribution resumed in late May.
