At least 16 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in Gaza on Thursday as they tried to get food. At least 29 Palestinians were present on Wednesday. At least 70 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces as they gathered in Khan Younis for the aid distribution facility of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).
According to survivors, drones, machine guns, and tanks shot them down.
At least 38 people were killed on Monday, most likely in Rafah, while trying to get food in a similar manner. And in southern and central Gaza, at least 17 people were killed on Sunday.
Private security contractors make up the GHF, an organization supported by Israel and the United States. Israel established it in May to replace UN-led relief efforts, but at least eight Palestinians have been killed at GHF sites on at least eight occasions.
“Somewhat every day,” this is true. Journalist in Gaza Yasser al-Banna said it is becoming a routine.
Everyone in Gaza is worried that the world will forget about them now that Israel has started a war with Iran, he told Al Jazeera.
Exploiting the news
Since Israel began attacking Iran on June 13, the world has lost sight of the Palestinians’ desperate situation in occupied territory.
Israel has continued to attack Palestinians in Gaza while conducting deadly West Bank raids.
Analysts and human rights experts told Al Jazeera that they now believe Israel is likely to commit more “massacres” while putting emphasis on the welfare of Israelis as the Iran-Iran conflict drags on.
Omar Rahman, a Middle East Council on Global Affairs think tank expert on Israel and Palestine, claimed that “Israel is using the diverted attention from Gaza to continue to commit atrocious crimes against starving civilians.
He told Al Jazeera, “We have also seen a lot of military and settler activity in the West Bank recently.”
The GHF site’s highest single fatality count since the controversial organization first started operating last month was the result of Israel’s violence against helpless Palestinians at the site on Tuesday. What opponents have called the militarization of humanitarian aid has been criticized.
Palestinians must choose whether to flee from hunger or risk their lives to get a food parcel despite Israel’s chokehold siege.
Ibrahim Nabeel, a Palestinian doctor who treated victims of the GHF attacks, claimed that Israel’s entire GHF plan is intended to make Palestinians more humiliated.
raids and lockdown
Since starting an Israeli occupation of the West Bank in 2014, Israel has also intensified its support for its genocidal conflict in Gaza.
Moving from one village or town to another is “impossible,” according to several Palestinians.
Israeli forces have blocked access to Palestinian villages and cities, and there are more military checkpoints.
In the event that the Israeli-Iran war drags on, there is a fear that Palestinians will be cut off from their livelihoods or unable to stock up on basic necessities.
Additionally, many Palestinians have reported that the West Bank is experiencing a significant fuel shortage.
The majority of our basic imports are made by Israel, according to Murad Jadallah, a researcher who works for Al-Haq, a local organization that promotes Palestinian rights.
Israel is still conducting deadly raids throughout the West Bank in the interim. On June 18, Israeli troops stormed a village east of Ramallah, according to the Wafa Palestinian news agency.
Former detainees were warned by Israeli forces that they would be arrested again after they stormed a number of homes, according to Wafa.
According to Jadallah from al-Haq, Israel has also forced dozens of Palestinians from their homes in the past week after they stormed a refugee camp on the outskirts of Nablus city.
According to Wafa, Israel also detained at least 60 Palestinians in the West Bank between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
“The Israelis are still carrying out their operations. They actually entered our village just last night, detained a young man, and then destroyed his home,” according to farmer Layth Barakat east of Ramallah.
the following day
When Israel attacked Iran, Palestinians were shocked, like many other countries.
After Israel’s war with Iran is over, they worry that Israel will increase its aggression against Palestinians in the occupied territory.
If Israel engages in combat with Iran, “we will pay a high price,” Jadallah declared.
Who will prevent them from achieving their goals in Gaza and the West Bank if they can obtain what they want from Iran or implement regime change? he continued.
Prominent far-right ministers in Israel’s government have long advocated for the annexation of the West Bank, known as “Judea and Samaria,” and for Israeli colonization of Gaza.
Both of these goals are intended to stifle any prospects for an Israeli state and oversee ethnic cleansing campaigns.
Palestinians are merely attempting to survive, despite the media’s attention being drawn to their situation.
According to Al-Banaa from Gaza, most people are becoming more hungrier day by day as a result of Israel’s total siege.
He claimed that many people stopped buying sesame bags to make bread.
Before the Gaza War, a large bag of sesame used to cost two shekels (0.33), but it now costs about 80 shekels ($23).
Al-Banna noted that his wife, four young children, and themselves are unable to afford a meal.
He continues to decline to travel miles to a GHF distribution point, though.
He said, “I would rather die from hunger than from being shot.”
For everyone, not just the Palestinians, should be deeply concerned about Israel’s aggression against Iran and its occupation of Gaza, according to Rahman of the Middle East Council.
“It is incredibly worrying that Israel can get away with anything and anyone,” he said.
Source: Aljazeera
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