‘No mercy’: Israel keeps blocking aid amid systematic destruction of Gaza

‘No mercy’: Israel keeps blocking aid amid systematic destruction of Gaza

Israel has continued airstrikes on homes and tent shelters for eight weeks while imposing an eight-week ban on food, medicine, and aid on Gaza, furthering what the UN calls the “worst humanitarian crisis” of the conflict.

At least 13 people died in Israeli attacks overnight and early on Thursday morning, according to Al Jazeera correspondents. Three children and four children were among the dead in a tent in central Gaza’s Nuseirat, along with a woman and four children in a home in Gaza City.

Local journalist Saeed Abu Hassanein, whose death reportedly adds to the 232 reported reporters killed in Gaza during the war, was also killed in a recent attack.

According to Tareq Abu Azzoum of Deir el-Balah, in the center of Gaza, “the Gaza Strip is witnessing a soaring humanitarian crisis.” He noted that rescuers are increasingly finding it difficult to reach victims who are trapped beneath wreckage because much of their equipment has been damaged or destroyed.

Israel’s attacks have no pause, mercy, or humanity, according to the Palestinian Authority’s communication center, which governs the occupied West Bank.

An Israeli tank was seen moving through the apparent remains of the Shaboura refugee camp in southern Gaza, according to the statement.

The destruction never ends in the Shaboura refugee camp, the center claimed, as it does in every other Gazan neighborhood.

Palestinian life is being “destroying”

Israel’s continued aid embargo, which the acting head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has described as a “deliberate dismantling of Palestinian life,” adds to Gaza’s humanitarian crisis.

In its most recent situation update from April 23rd, OCHA stated that “the Gaza Strip is now likely facing the worst humanitarian crisis in the last 18 months since the escalation of hostilities in October 2023.”

The “dangerous and catastrophic” burden on women and children in Gaza was highlighted by the ministry of health’s emphasis on the lack of adequate food, drinking water, and baby formula.

Source: Aljazeera

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