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BBC News
4 days ago
- Politics
- BBC News
Twenty killed after trucks overturn in Gaza, Hamas-run civil defence says
Twenty people have been killed and more than 30 injured in central Gaza after four lorries overturned on a crowd, the Hamas-run civil defence agency rushed to the vehicles on a road south east of Deir al-Balah on Tuesday evening. They climbed on top of the lorries, causing the drivers to lose control, local journalists told the area was under Israeli military control and the roads were rugged and dangerous, civil defence agency spokesman Mahmoud Basal private transport association now operating in Gaza said that 26 commercial trucks entered the territory on Tuesday. Six were looted, and four of those overturned, resulting in deaths and injuries. Israel announced that is would start to allow the gradual entry of goods into Gaza via the private sector to "increase the volume of aid" entering the enclave while reducing reliance on the UN. The approved supplies include baby food, fruits, vegetables, hygiene products and basic staples. The BBC has contacted the Israeli ministry of defence for comment. Hamas said civilians had been waiting for basic supplies to be delivered via road for weeks. "This often results in desperate crowds swarming the trucks," its media office said. Aid trucks have been frequently rushed, leading to chaotic a separate incident on Wednesday, Jordan said Israeli settlers attacked a Gaza-bound aid convoy of 30 lorries and accused Israel of failing to prevent such convoy crossed the Jordanian border and was heading towards Gaza's Zikim crossing. Settlers blocked the road and pelted the trucks with stones, smashing windscreens. "This requires a serious Israeli intervention and no leniency in dealing with those who obstruct these convoys," government spokesman Mohammad al-Momani added this was the second attack on a Jordanian aid convoy, following a similar incident on Wednesday the Hamas-run health ministry reported five new deaths as a result of malnutrition, bringing its total to 193 since the start of the war, including 96 children. More than 100 international aid organisations and human rights groups have warned of mass starvation in Gaza, and accuse Israel of impeding the distribution of crucial aid. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, denies there is starvation in the territory and insists his country is not blocking week, Israel's military said it would open humanitarian corridors to allow aid convoys into Gaza following mounting international also announced what it called a "local tactical pause in military activity" for humanitarian purposes in three areas, and permitted foreign aid drops. About 90% of Gaza's 2.1 million people have been displaced, some repeatedly, and are living in overcrowded and dire UN has repeatedly called for the full and sustained entry of humanitarian supplies, but access remains sporadic and many aid trucks are insists there are no restrictions on aid deliveries and has repeatedly refuted what it describes as "the false claim of deliberate starvation".Israel launched its military offensive in Gaza in response to Hamas's attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others taken to Gaza as least 61,020 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since then, the Hamas-run health ministry says.
Roya News
02-08-2025
- Politics
- Roya News
32 Palestinians killed today in Gaza, including 14 aid seekers
The Civil Defense in Gaza reported that 32 Palestinians were killed on Saturday by "Israeli" fire, including 14 people who were waiting for humanitarian aid, amid ongoing airstrikes and shelling across the enclave. Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Civil Defense, told AFP that five people were killed and others critically wounded when "Israeli" forces opened fire near a humanitarian aid distribution point on Salah al-Din Street, south of Wadi Gaza Bridge in central Gaza. In southern Gaza, Basal confirmed four more fatalities in the At-Tina area near a relief center in southwestern Khan Younis. Three others were killed near the Morag axis, also in southern Khan Younis, while two were shot near the Shakoush aid distribution point in northwestern Rafah. Reports of Palestinians being killed while waiting for food and supplies have become near-daily occurrences since late May, particularly near distribution sites run by the U.S.- and Israeli-backed "Gaza Relief Organization." The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Friday that 1,373 Palestinians have been killed since May 27, most by "Israeli" gunfire, while waiting for aid.
Middle East Eye
31-07-2025
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
Aid must be secured and brought in officially, Palestinian authorities say
Gaza's Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal has said that humanitarian aid must be brought in officially and secured through specific mechanisms, Al Jazeera reported. A large number of aid seekers have been killed as a result of direct targeting by Israel, he said, adding that the current method of delivering aid is not practical. Since May, Israeli forces have killed more than 1,330 Palestinian aid seekers and over 8,818 others have been wounded, mainly at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution sites run by the US and Israel.
Roya News
29-07-2025
- Roya News
30 Palestinians, mostly women and children, killed in 'Israeli' strikes on Nuseirat Camp
Thirty Palestinians, most of them women and children, were killed in several 'Israeli' airstrikes overnight Monday and into Tuesday on the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, the territory's civil defense spokesperson announced. "A new massacre in Nuseirat camp was committed by the occupation following Israeli airstrikes last night and dawn today," said Mahmoud Basal. He added that the strikes targeted "a number of citizens' homes in the New Camp area in Nuseirat, most of them women and children," and that they were "transferred to Al-Awda Hospital" in the camp.
Sharjah 24
28-07-2025
- Politics
- Sharjah 24
40 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in Gaza Strip
Civil defence confirms casualties The Gaza Civil Defence confirmed the death toll, stating that Israeli attacks had resulted in widespread loss of life across multiple areas in the Strip. Three airstrikes hit Gaza City According to Civil Defence spokesperson Mahmoud Basal, nine Palestinians were killed in three airstrikes targeting Gaza City in the northern part of the Strip. Deadly attacks near Khan Yunis Five airstrikes near Khan Yunis claimed 13 lives, including eight people killed in a raid on a displacement camp in the coastal area of Al-Mawasi. Drone strike targets Nuseirat Camp Two more people were killed in a drone strike on the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, adding to the mounting civilian toll. Aid seekers among the victims In addition, 14 Palestinians were killed in six separate incidents while waiting for humanitarian aid across the northern, central, and southern parts of Gaza. Notably, nine of these casualties occurred in a single incident on the Morag axis in southern Gaza.
