In the major cities of northern Gaza, Palestinians are desperately looking for food and it is difficult to get aid.
The interior ministry, which operates by Hamas, said seven police officers deployed to the Gaza market on Thursday were killed by Israeli air strikes while trying to restore order and face so-called “robbers.”
The Israeli military has not commented on the incident, but it does say it has encountered “dozens of terror targets” throughout Gaza over the past day.
Local medical staff and rescue workers said at least 44 people were killed throughout the territory on Thursday, including 23 in the Bureij refugee camp in the central region.
At least two people were shot for a day because it was shot because it was called “hordes of hungry people”, breaking into the warehouse of the central town of Deir Al-Balah after 11 weeks of Israel’s lockdown. It is not clear who fires.
According to a UN UN, nearly 50 people were reportedly shot and injured by shooting and wounding, according to a United Nations. Israeli troops said the troops fired warnings into the air but did not fire at the crowd.
On Thursday, police from the Ministry of Interior equipped Kalashnikov-style rifles and pistols at the market near the al-Saraya junction in central Gaza, where there are many small stalls selling canned food and vegetables.
The videos circulating on social media are too graphic to share, showing the body, blood and scattered videos, the relics lying on the ground, what the ministry calls an Israeli attack.
“The Israeli occupation of the plane was targeted by many policemen… When they faced a group of raiders with a group of raiders earlier today, they fulfilled their responsibilities, leading to another massacre of several police officers and civilians.”
The BBC sought comments from the Israeli military about the incident.
The military said in a statement Thursday afternoon that the plane has encountered dozens of targets in the past few days, including “terrorists, military structures, observation and sniper posts,” the military said. [Israeli] Forces, tunnels and other terrorist infrastructure in the area. ”
Gaza’s illegal acts have been increasing since Israel began targeting police officers from Gaza’s interior ministry last year, citing their role in Hamas governance.
The ministry insists that the unit is a “Civilian Protection Agency” after the killing of the police chief and his deputy in a strike in January. The Israeli military accused the forces of “human rights violations and suppression of dissent.”
There are reports that the orders elsewhere in Gaza were broken down on Thursday as desperate people searched for food and other supplies.
A witness who went to the GHF aid distribution center near Rafa told the BBC that from dawn, thousands of people gathered in the area and they eventually broke into the gates of the site in an attempt to obtain supplies.
Witnesses said that at 08:00 local time, the Israeli military directed people to go to the distribution center through a four-wheeler to issue a warning and began to drive towards the area in an orderly manner.
“It happened to be 10 minutes, everything was organized, but then the crowd broke into the gate and rushed into the courtyard.”
They added: “People grabbed the box and a bag of flour and all under the surveillance of the Israeli quad bike.”
Videos near the GHF website show thousands of Palestinians walking near the center Thursday morning. Some are on horse-drawn carriages, while others are wheeled bikes with cargo.
In most cases, young people can be seen carrying a bag of flour on their head and back. A tired woman seemed to have difficulty walking among the crowd.
Abu Fawzi Faroukh, a 60-year-old Palestinian man, was on the scene on Thursday morning, told AFP that aid supplies are more difficult for older people and are easily available.
“These young people are the ones who were first helped yesterday and today because they are young and can bear the burden. However, they are inaccessible due to the crowding.”
He added: “We are humiliated, the Palestinian people are humiliated.”
Similar scenarios have been described on the newly opened GHF distribution website in central Gaza, some of which told the BBC that they have already come out empty-handed.
Umm Mohammed Abu Hajar said she heard that the aid in the area was distributed in the area, so she took her ID to see what she could get.
“I found that everyone was hungry,” she said. “So, I got nothing. I stayed like this… empty-handed.”
She said more organizations were needed to distribute aid “equitably” and added that “some people eat, some people don’t.”
Crowds seek assistance at US-backed GHF distribution points in central Gaza [Reuters]
Another man, Hani Abed, said at the same distribution center that he failed to get any help for him and his 10 family members.
“I’m out empty-handed, I’m out empty-handed.” “I’ll give my children a meal.”
GHF said about 17,280 food boxes, including 997,920 meals, were distributed to Gazans on Thursday at its three operating allocation locations.
It added: “Operations will continue to expand and plans to establish other locations in the Gaza region, including the northern region, in the coming weeks.”
It also rejected reports of being shot dead while trying to get aid in its center. It said: “Never shot.”
GHF’s new aid system bypasses the United Nations and requires Palestinians to collect food parcels from allotment sites protected by U.S. security contractors, a region collected by the Israeli military in areas controlled by the Israeli military in the south and central Gaza.
The United Nations refused to work with the system, saying it was unethical and feasible.
Jonathan Whittall, head of the UN Humanitarian Office in Gaza, said on Wednesday that the GHF could not meet the needs of the 2.1 million people and was “essentially engineering scarce.”
The U.S. and Israeli governments say the new system is preventing aid from being stolen by Hamas, which is denied by armed groups.
Israel imposed a blockade of humanitarian aid and commercial supplies on Gaza on March 2 and resumed its military offensive two weeks later, ending a two-month ceasefire with Hamas.
It said the steps put pressure on armed groups to release 58 hostages still in Gaza, with at least 20 of them considered alive.
On May 19, the Israeli military launched an expanded offensive, and Benjamin Netanyahu said it would “control all areas of Gaza.” He said the next day, Israel will also temporarily ease the lockdown and allow for “basic” food.
The families of the remaining hostages urged Netanyahu to agree to a new ceasefire with Hamas to ensure their release.
On Thursday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Israeli government “supported” a new ceasefire proposal sent to Hamas by U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff.
“Israel signed the proposal and sent it to Hamas,” she said.
But senior Hamas officials later told the BBC that the group rejected the proposal because it contradicted Witkov’s discussion.
The official said it did not include assurance that a temporary ceasefire would result in a permanent end to combat or that Israeli forces would withdraw their posts before March 2.
Israeli and U.S. media quoted Israeli officials as saying that Witkov’s proposals include the release of 10 living hostages and dead hostages in two phases in exchange for a 60-day ceasefire and the release of many Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.
Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza on October 7, 2023 in response to Hamas’ cross-border attacks, in which about 1,200 people were killed and another 251 were taken hostage.
According to the territory’s Ministry of Health, at least 54,249 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel resumed its offensive, of which 3,986 have been killed.
