The Israeli attacks killed at least 83 Palestinians through the Gaza Strip in the midst of a hunger crisis induced by Israel, said in Tel Aviv Tribune, as the besieged territory hospitals recorded eight other deaths of famine and malnutrition.
Among the people killed on Tuesday was 58 aid seekers, who were slaughtered by Israeli forces when they approached aid distribution sites operated by the GHF supported by the United States and Israeli.
Hind Khoudary of Tel Aviv Tribune, postponing Deir El-Balah from Deir El-Balah to the center of Gaza, said that “the same exact scenario has been taking place in Gaza every day” since the GHF distribution sites began to operate in May.
“The Palestinians approach these distribution sites, awaiting food, but Israeli forces open fire,” said Khoudary.
She cited sources at the Al-Shifa hospital saying that the number of people injured transferred from the distribution point near the crossing of Zikim de Northern Gaza “is very large”.
“The wounds come with bullets in certain parts of their body which are very difficult to treat, including their heads, their cous and also their chest,” said Khoudary. “The cycle of violence is the same in the three distribution locations.”
The United Nations and other humanitarian organizations have strongly criticized the GHF for failing to provide enough help and security terrace on and around its aid distribution sites.
Until now, more than 1,560 Palestinians in search of aid have been killed by Israeli forces while trying to receive food in the middle of the famine crisis induced by the Israeli.
Attacks are involved, while assistance agencies and health officials warn against a sharp increase in famine, especially in children and the elderly.
Salim Asfour, 75, told Tel Aviv Tribune that he lived only from bread and water for months and had gone from 80 kg (176 pounds) to 40 kg (88 pounds) since the start of the war.
“My son needs to help me walk to the toilet,” he said. “How will I get Rafah’s food aid.” How will I walk 20 km (12 miles)? ”
According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, eight other people died of famine or malnutrition during the last period of reporting 24 hours a day, including a child. This brings the total number of Palestinians who died of hunger or malnutrition since the War of Israel began in 188, including 94 children.
On Monday, Israel granted 95 aid trucks in the strip, well below the 600 trucks per day necessary to meet the minimum survival needs, according to the United Nations Agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA. The daily average is now 85 trucks.
The Gaza government media office has once again been warned of an intensive humanitarian disaster. In a statement, he said that most of the limited aid had been pillaged due to “security chaos sown by the Israeli occupation as part of a systematic chaos and famine engineering policy”.
Full Israeli Takeover?
Despite an intense international pressure for a ceasefire to alleviate hunger and appalling conditions in the besieged Palestinian enclave, efforts to mediate a truce between Israel and Hamas collapsed.
Instead, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems ready to announce plans to fully occupy the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli media.
Netanyahu’s office said in a statement on Tuesday that he had organized a “limited security discussion” lasting approximately three hours, during which military leader Eyal Zamir ”presented the campaign prosecution options in Gaza”.
An Israeli official told the news agency Reuters that the Minister of Defense Israel Katz and the Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer, assistant to Netanyahu, would attend a meeting later this week to decide a strategy to adopt in the office. The Israeli media reported that the cabinet was to meet on Thursday.
Israel Channel 12, quoting an official of the Netanyahu office, said the Prime Minister leaned to take control of the whole territory, that the Israeli army had mainly reduced in rubble.
The UN called on Tuesday reports on a possible decision to extend the military operations of Israel throughout the “deeply alarming” Gaza Strip if it is true.
“International law is clear to the mind: Gaza is and must remain an integral part of the future Palestinian State,” said UN deputy secretary general, Miroslav Jenca, at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council.
On Tuesday, Israeli tanks pushed in the center of Gaza, but it was not clear if the move was part of a greater offensive on the ground.
The Palestinians living in the last quarter of the territory where Israel has not yet taken military control by incursions on the ground or forced evacuations have declared that a new push would be catastrophic.
“If the tanks passed, where would we go? In the sea? It will be like a death sentence to the whole population,” said Abu Jehad, a Gaza Wood merchant.
More than 61,020 Palestinians, including at least 18,430 children, have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war in October 2023, according to the Gaza health authorities.
Forty-nine captives, including 27 who are dead, are still detained by Hamas, according to the Israeli authorities.
Israel’s deadly assault also forced almost all 2 million people from Gaza from their home and caused what a global hunger instructor last week called on current famine.
