In the middle of a growing humanitarian crisis, a large number of Palestinians gathered in central Gaza on Wednesday to search for food and basic supplies.
According to local officials who were quoted by the Palestinian news agency Wafa, the car flipped after Israeli forces reportedly directed it to an “unsafe road.”
According to a spokesman for the Gaza Civil Defense, Mahmud Bassal claimed that hundreds of civilians were waiting for aid while 20 people were killed and dozens were hurt in the incident.
The Gaza Government Media Office stated in a statement that “the occupation intentionally obstructs the safe passage and distribution of this aid.”
It makes drivers navigate roads filled with starving civilians who have been waiting for the ugliest of things for weeks. This frequently results in desperate crowds swarming the trucks and enforcing their contents.
The incident comes as humanitarian organizations are putting a stop to the spread of famine and disease in the area, and more people are dying from starvation and malnutrition.
According to medical sources, at least three people passed away on Wednesday from malnutrition. A source at al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza confirmed that a young child had malnourished. According to the source, a child also perished from malnutrition. Additionally, it is reported that a Jabalia adult died from malnutrition.
According to UNRWA, the Israeli military approved 95 aid trucks entering Gaza on Monday, which is far below the daily 600 needed to meet basic needs. 85 trucks are on average right now, on average.
Since the notorious GHF began operating in late May, Palestinians who approach aid distribution sites have frequently been subject to Israeli fire. Near its sites in central and southern Gaza, such shootings have become nearly daily occurrences.
While some aid was entering the enclave, according to Jens Laerke, a spokesperson for OCHA, “there should be hundreds and hundreds of trucks entering Gaza every day for months or years.”
Every day, people pass away. He continued, “This is a crisis that is on the verge of famine,” noting that tons of life-saving aid are still stranded at border crossings because of bureaucratic delays and a lack of safe access.
In addition, several Palestinians were killed in Israeli-caused attacks across the border in Gaza.
In an Israeli raid on a home north of the Nuseirat refugee camp, five people were killed and two children were hurt, according to Al-Awda Hospital.
Source: Aljazeera
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