Since early on Saturday, 72 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in Gaza, according to hospital sources in the besieged enclave. The majority of those killed are aid workers.
38 Palestinians were among the victims who reportedly sought aid at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) distribution centers, which are run by the conflicting US and Israeli governments.
Despite Israel’s announcement last week that it would begin implementing “tactical pauses” in some areas of fighting to give Palestinians greater access to humanitarian aid, the deaths are the most recent reports of killings reported close to GHF-operated sites.
On July 27, Israel announced the start of daily military pauses. The UN Human Rights Office in the occupied Palestinian territory reported on Friday that 105 Palestinians were killed just on Wednesday and Thursday.
The human rights office reports that at least 1, 373 Palestinians had died trying to access aid as of Friday.
93 children and 169 Palestinians have died from starvation or malnutrition since the start of Israel’s war in October 2023, according to information from Gaza’s Ministry of Health.
Palestinians in the enclave have reported numerous instances of Israeli soldiers and American security personnel intentionally shooting aid recipients close to the distribution centers.
Israel has recently allowed airdrops of aid into the enclave by nations like Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Spain, Germany, and France despite growing international condemnation of the conditions in Gaza.
However, UNRWA, a UN agency for Palestinian refugees, has urged Israel to facilitate the flow of aid via land after being warned that the airdrops are insufficient.
Just 36 aid trucks entered the enclave on Saturday, according to Gaza’s government media office, which is far below the 600 trucks it claimed were required to meet the population’s humanitarian needs.
A Palestinian Red Crescent Society employee was killed and three others were hurt in Khan Younis when an Israeli attack on the organization’s headquarters, according to the aid organization.
After Israeli forces attacked the Society’s headquarters in Khan Younis, invoking a fire on the first floor of the building, one Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) employee died and three others were hurt, according to a PRCS statement posted on X on Saturday.
According to a report from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza earlier on Saturday, Hind Khoudary from Al Jazeera reported that Palestinians have not seen any improvement in their situation despite recent aid deliveries.
You hardly ever find food in the supermarkets. Palestinians are still forced to risk their lives to obtain whatever they can get, according to Khoudary, who said that everything is very, very expensive.
UNRWA’s head, Philippe Lazzarini, stated on Saturday that the “politically motivated” GHF had been trying to replace the UN-led aid system with Gaza.
“United Nations Relief is not affected by claims of aid diversion to armed groups,” according to S. In a post on X, Lazzarini stated that the intention is to collectively pressure and punish Palestinians who reside in Gaza.
320, 000 young children are among those who are at risk of acute malnutrition, according to UNICEF’s warning that malnutrition in Gaza has exceeded the threshold for famine.
Source: Aljazeera
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