As desperate Palestinians continue to look for food in the midst of an ongoing hunger crisis, at least 81 people have died as a result of Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip.
Since Thursday morning, 59 people have died in Gaza City and the north, and 16 others have been awaiting aid in the Netzarim Corridor, which divides northern and southern Gaza.
The United States- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which the UN has condemned for its “weaponization” of aid, has gathered in the area every day to receive packages from the hungry Palestinians.
People had gathered overnight in the hope of getting food, according to Bassam Abu Shaar, who witnessed the Israeli attack at the aid facility.
They started shooting at us around 1:00 on Wednesday, according to the report. He told AFP by phone that the gunfire increased from tanks, aircraft, and quadcopter bombs.
According to him, “We couldn’t help them or even escape ourselves,” adding that people couldn’t flee Israeli fire close to the Shuhada Junction because of the size of the crowd.
Numerous people have been killed as a result of Israeli attacks on Palestinians receiving food aid in recent weeks.
Deadly “day to day” routine
Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum, who was reporting from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, claimed that the attacks on civilians at aid sites are “daily routine.”
Azzoum noted that more than three months of a total Israeli blockade of border crossings has made Gaza a “hunger point” where people have run out of all kinds of humanitarian supplies and are now forced to travel to these designated centers to get bags of flour, bottles of water, and food boxes that nutritional experts believe have low nutritional value.
He claimed that “these attacks are still occurring, causing all humanitarian corridors to turn into killing grounds.”
The Israeli military claimed, without providing any specifics, that there were “suspects” trying to approach forces in Netzarim in a way that had put their lives at risk, according to the Reuters news agency.
The army added that the army was unaware of any injuries sustained during the incident because it had fired warning shots to stop suspects from approaching them.
19 people were killed in an Israeli drone attack on a charging area in the Shati Refugee Camp in addition. An Israeli aircraft also launched intensive airstrikes on several homes in Jabalia, northern Gaza, at the same time.
According to medical sources, 69 bodies, two of which were recovered from an attack, and 221 injured people were taken to hospitals in the besieged enclave over the past 24 hours.
Source: Aljazeera
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