Aid seekers in Gaza continue to be targeted as Israeli attacks kill 26

In the most recent Israeli attacks on Gaza, at least 26 people have died, including more aid workers.

In addition to the ongoing hunger crisis, the attacks come as desperate Palestinians who are currently encircled by Israel continue to wait at food distribution centers.

11 of the victims were victims of Israeli-led bombings of the besieged enclave on Saturday, according to the United Nations’ condemnation of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which administers aid programs in distribution centers.

Meanwhile, an Israeli drone strike in southern Gaza’s al-Mawasi claimed the lives of at least three Palestinians and injured several others, according to Wafa news agency.

According to the report, the attack targeted a tent that the Shurrab family had been displaced. The tent was situated in a region that the Israeli military had previously designated as a “safe zone.”

According to the Health Ministry, at least 202 people have been killed in the past 48 hours, including four bodies that have been recovered from Israeli attacks, and 1, 037 have been injured in Gaza.

At least 55, 908, and 131, 138 people have died in Israeli attacks since Israel began its war on Gaza in October 2023.

attacks on humanitarian sites

Following a two-month Israeli blockade of aid deliveries, thousands of Palestinians have been gathering every day in Gaza in hopes of receiving food rations as a result of Israeli attacks on aid distribution sites in recent days.

After Israeli forces opened fire on a GHF site in Khan Younis on Saturday, three people were killed. Additionally, several people received injuries and were treated there.

Omar al-Hobi, a Palestinian who fled to Khan Younis, claimed that visiting those sites would “enter the point of death.”

The point of death is what I call it. There are soldiers on the ground with snipers, and the tank is in front of us, the machinegun is in front of us, and the quadcopter is above us. Anyone who runs before the tank retreats before the time is shot will start to run,” al-Hobi said.

Israel claims that the aid organizations were targeted to control crowds, but witnesses and aid organizations claim that many of the shootings were unprovoked and left hundreds of people dead.

Since the GHF aid system’s introduction at the end of last month, the Red Cross has reported that the “vast majority” of patients who have visited its field hospital in the enclave have reported being wounded while attempting to access aid or close to distribution points, according to the Red Cross on Thursday.

Meanwhile, Wafa reports that the governorates of Gaza, including Gaza City and north Gaza, have experienced a disruption in internet and landline services, citing the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority in the Gaza Strip.