Israeli forces shoot Palestinians at AIDS scene 67: Gaza Ministry of Health – State
Hamas on Palestinian Territory – At least 73 people were killed when trying to obtain assistance at sites across Gaza on Sunday.
The Israeli military said soldiers fired fire at a gathering of thousands of Palestinians in northern Gaza, posing a threat and were aware of some casualties. But it said the Gaza team reported much higher than the military’s preliminary investigation.
The military added that it is working to promote the entry of aid and blames Hamas militants on inciting chaos and endangering civilians.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health and local hospitals, the largest toll is in the northern part of the territory, where at least 67 Palestinians were killed while trying to enter the aid blocked Za through the border crossing with Israel’s Zikim.
The hospital said more than 150 people were injured, some of whom were in critical condition. According to the Kuwait Professional Field Hospital, seven Palestinians were killed while sheltering tents in Khan Younis’ tent.
It is unclear whether they were killed by Israeli troops or armed gangs or both. But some witnesses said Israel’s military forces fired at the crowd.
The murder in northern Gaza did not occur near aid allocation points related to Gaza Humanitarian Fund or GHF, or a U.S. and Israel-backed group that handed over food packages to Palestinians. Witnesses and health workers say hundreds of people were killed by Israeli fires while trying to enter the organization’s distribution sites.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military issued a new evacuation warning in central Gaza on Sunday, one of the few areas where the military rarely operates with ground forces.
The evacuation cuts the access between the city of Deir Al-Balah and the city of southern Rafah and the narrow enclave of Khan Younis.
The news comes as Israel and Hamas have been holding ceasefire talks in Qatar, but international mediators say there is no breakthrough.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly stressed that expanding Israeli military operations in Gaza will force Hamas to negotiate, but negotiations have been stalled for months.
Earlier this month, the Israeli military said it controlled more than 65% of the Gaza Strip.
The Gaza region under the evacuation order is where many international organizations trying to allocate assistance are located.
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A UN official who asked not to be named said the UN has been contacting Israeli authorities to clarify whether Sunday’s evacuation order was included in Sunday’s evacuation order.
In previous circumstances, UN facilities were exempted from evacuation orders, the official said. The evacuation notice covers an area from the previously evacuated area to the coast and will seriously hinder the aid groups and civilian movements in Gaza.
Military spokesman Avicay Adraee warned that the military will attack militants with “strength” strength. He called on residents, including those living in tents, to go to the Muwasi area, a desolate tent camp on the southern bank of Gaza, where the Israeli military designated a humanitarian zone.
Gaza has a population of more than 2 million Palestinians in a catastrophic humanitarian crisis.
The latest conflict was triggered when Hamas militants attacked southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. Fifty left, but less than half were considered alive.
According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, the subsequent Israeli military offensive killed more than 58,000 Palestinians, which does not say how many militants were among the dead, but says more than half of the dead were women and children. The ministry is part of the Hamas government, but the United Nations and other international organizations regard it as the most reliable source of data for casualties.
The grassroots organization hostage family forum, representing many hostage families, condemned the evacuation announcement and asked Netanyahu and the Israeli military to explain what they hoped to achieve in the Israeli region in central Gaza, accusing Israel of not having a clear plan of war.
“Enough! The Israeli people overwhelmingly want to end the battle and a comprehensive agreement that will return all hostages,” the forum said. On Saturday night, thousands of protesters marched in Tel Aviv to branches of the U.S. Embassy, proving the end of the war.
Humanitarian disaster growth
Ambulances in front of three large Gaza hospitals simultaneously issued an alarm on Sunday morning, calling for clarification of the territory’s hunger crisis. The Ministry of Health posted pictures of doctors on social media about malnourished children and paper signs of drugs lacking.
Zaher al-Wahidi, one of the spokesmen for the Ministry of Health, said at least five-year-olds under the age of 9 have died of malnutrition since March, and since the aid entry lockdown imposed by Israel in March.
He explained that it is difficult to track down the number of people who die of hunger because some people may suffer from other medical conditions that may worsen when hunger is aggravated.
In northern Gaza, Abu Selmiyah, director of the Party Organization Hospital, said the hospital recorded 79 deaths from malnutrition in the past month.
Israeli bombing continues to blow up the Gaza Strip. A large explosion in northern Gaza can be seen in Israel as smoke plumes flow into the sky.
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