According to medical sources, at least 51 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip as a result of Israeli attacks, including 14 Palestinians who were waiting nearby aid distribution centers, despite Donald Trump’s assertion that “great progress” was being made to put an end to the conflict.
At least nine Palestinians were killed and several others were hurt early on Wednesday while waiting for medical assistance near Netzarim Junction in central Gaza, according to sources at al-Awda and al-Aqsa Martyrs hospitals in Gaza.
The controversial Israel- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) established a recent wave of violence close to aid distribution points late last month.
Aid organizations and the UN have harshly criticized the GHF, who claim that it uses food as a weapon to support Israel’s military operations and cannot meet the needs of the population.
According to Hani Mahmoud, a reporter for Al Jazeera from Gaza City, aid distribution centers run by GHF are typically set up very close to Israeli forces, with their tanks, armored vehicles, and nearby snipers.
He claimed that when large crowds assemble, they are vulnerable to Israeli fire.
People are only given 20-minute window passes to access available goods, such as food parcels, at the aid centers, disturbingly. Shooting frequently begins after that 20-minute break. One of the causes of the high death toll rates at these centers is because of it, he continued.
The GHF, which entered Palestinian territory at the end of May, is being under increasing pressure to investigate the attacks. The organization, however, denies that it is accountable.
Israel has claimed that the approach of “suspects” toward soldiers has caused previous shootings to occur close to GHF aid sites.
Without any prior notice, Deir el-Balah home hit
In addition to the deaths reported in the central Gazan town of Deir el-Balah, Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud reported five other fatalities in the bombing of a home.
A bomb dropped there instantly killed five family members. In the Nuseirat refugee camp, he claimed, three additional family members had died.
When Israeli forces attacked a shelter in Gaza City overnight, resident Ramzi Khaled, who was standing close to the building that was housing displaced people, said: “Suddenly, without any prior notice, people who are staying and living in a shelter that is al-Shawwa [fuel] station…
“The ceiling fell to the ground,” the statement read. They are all fragments. There were roughly 12 people in this building, all completely unharmed. He continued, “We retrieved what we could, three people who were in pieces, and now we are trying to retrieve some, a martyr, and the others who are under the rubble.”
According to the Gaza-based Ministry of Health, Israel’s war on Gaza has resulted in the deaths of at least 56, 077 people, and 848 others.
During the October 7 attacks, an estimated 1, 139 people died in Israel, and more than 200 were taken prisoner.
Israeli soldiers were killed.
Seven soldiers were killed in combat in Gaza on Tuesday, according to Israel’s military, as it continues its assault.
Six of them were given public names by the military, but one was kept secret because the family of the seventh soldier had not yet been informed of his passing.
According to the military, those who were killed ranged in age from 19 to 21. The 605th Combat Engineering Battalion had a total of six members.
According to the military, an eighth soldier from the same unit was seriously hurt and taken to Israel for treatment.
Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, declared today to be “a very difficult day for the people of Israel.”
Trump praises “great progress.”
There are indications that diplomatic efforts to end the conflict are picking up as the conflict in Gaza gets going.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, the prime minister of Qatar, stated on Tuesday that Hamas and Israel might engage in indirect negotiations.
Talks with mediator nations “in recent hours” have “intensified in recent hours,” a senior Hamas official told the AFP news agency on Wednesday.
According to Taher al-Nunu, “our communications with the brother mediators in Egypt and Qatar have not stopped and have increased in recent hours.” The group also stated that it has “not yet received any new proposals” to put an end to the conflict that is now in its 21st month.
Trump, who is currently attending a NATO summit in The Hague, added that “great progress” was being made in putting an end to the Gaza conflict between Israel and Hamas.
Trump remarked that “I think Gaza is very close” to reaching a peace agreement and that “we made great progress because of this attack that we made.” He also suggested that US strikes on Iran might have a positive impact on the Middle East.
Many Israelis are also questioning the wisdom of continuing the conflict in Gaza, according to Yossi Mekelberg, a senior consulting fellow at Chatham House in London.
Trump is more well-known in Israel right now than Netanyahu, he claimed, referring to the US president’s efforts to end the conflict between Israel and Iran.
He noted that Israelis are hoping that Trump will succeed in releasing the remaining prisoners from Gaza as quickly as Netanyahu.
They are aware that Netanyahu is attempting to keep his coalition in place by continuing the conflict in Gaza, he said.
Source: Aljazeera
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