Local health officials said Tuesday that one six-week-old baby was killed by starvation due to starvation in Gaza in the past 24 hours, and local health officials said Tuesday that malnutrition kills faster than at any time in the 21-month war.
Health officials said the baby died in a hospital ward in northern Gaza and was named Yousef al-Safadi. The other three are also children, including 13-year-old Abdulhamid al-Ghalban, who died in a hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis. The other two children are not named.
Palestinian health officials said at least 101 people died of hunger during the conflict, including 80 children, most of whom have been in recent weeks.
Israel has controlled all the aid supply to the war-torn enclaves where most of its population has been displaced and faces a serious shortage of essential necessities.
The UN Director of the Palestine Refugee said on Tuesday that due to hunger and exhaustion, its staff, as well as doctors and humanitarian workers, were on duty in Gaza.
“No one is spared: Caregivers in Gaza also need care. Doctors, nurses, journalists and humanitarians are hungry,” General Philippe Lazzarini, the director of the outdoors, said in a statement.
Israel launched an offensive against Gaza’s humanitarian hub, saying Hamas hid hostages there. The move comes as 25 countries, including Canada, called for an immediate ceasefire and restored assistance.
The international condemns the mass killing of civilians and the serious shortage of aid in Gaza, but does not take any measures to stop conflict or significantly increase supply.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday the image of civilians killed during the aid distribution was “unbearable” and urged Israel to provide commitments to improve the situation, but did not say what action would be taken by European countries.
Israel’s military said it “transferring humanitarian aid to Gaza is paramount and promotes its efforts in coordination with the international community.
It denied allegations that aid arrived in Gaza and alleged that the Palestinian militant group Hamas stole food, accused Hamas of the charge.
Food and medical shortages
About 600,000 people suffer from malnutrition, including at least 60,000 pregnant women, said Khalil al-Deqran, a spokesman for the Ministry of Health. He said the symptoms of hungry people include dehydration and anemia.
“The hospitals have been flooded with casualties from gunfires. They cannot help more with hunger-related symptoms due to food and medication shortages.”
According to aid groups, doctors and residents, the supply of infant formula is very short.
Israel said its attack on Gaza aims to destroy Hamas, which launched the deadliest attack in Israeli history on October 7, 2023, killing at least 1,200 Israelis, including civilians.
Israeli bombs and gunfires have killed nearly 60,000 people in Gaza since then, according to local health authorities.
Tank shelling killed 16 other people in tents in Gaza on Tuesday, and Israeli troops launched an attack on the avenue, health officials said. The Israeli military said that at the time the area was not aware of any incidents or artillery in the area.
The Ministry of Health said at least 72 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli gunfire and military strikes in the past 24 hours.
Finding food has become a deadly mission
Daily food collection has become a deadly mission for Gaza people, and the UNRWB estimates that more than 1,000 people have died since May while trying to receive food aid.
On Tuesday, the man and boy took a bag of flour away from destroyed buildings and tarpaulins in Gaza, grabbing food they could use from the aid warehouse.
“We’ve been five days,” said Mohammed Jundia. “The famine is killing people.”
Israeli military statistics show that during the war, an average of 146 aid trucks entered Gaza every day. The United States says at least 600 trucks are needed every day to support Gaza’s population.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said at a meeting with Jordanian King Abdullah on Monday that Canada would “reject any attempt to separate completely to change the population or territorial composition of the occupied Palestinian territory”.
Twenty-five Western countries supported Israel’s war against Hamas, issued a statement on Monday condemning Israel’s “inhumane killing” of Gaza civilians, but there is no indication that further action will be taken against Israel.
The head of foreign policy of the EU, Kaja Kallas, said the Israeli military “must stop killing people at distribution points” and that if Israel does not expand access to humanitarianism, “all options” are on the table, but does not say what those options include.
The difficulty of the EU on one line remains different. Germany avoided signing the statement, and Israel was considered “out of touch with reality”, saying Hamas shot civilians at the aid allocation point. It provides no evidence of the claim.
Israel and Hamas participated in indirect negotiations in Doha to reach a 60-day truce and hostage deal, although there was no sign of a breakthrough.
Israeli forces have entered the area of central Gaza cities for the first time, with several aid groups, which appears to be the latest effort to occupy Palestinian territory with military corridors.
Deir Al-Balah is the only city of Gaza that has not seen major ground operations or extensive damage in the 21 months of the war, leading to speculation that the Hamas armed groups took large numbers of hostages there. The main group representing the hostage family said the invasion was “shocked and shocked” and asked for answers from the Israeli leaders.
Israel said the seizure of Gaza territory was intended to force Hamas to release the hostages, but it was the main point of contention in the ongoing ceasefire negotiations.
Who said the compound attack was taken, the staff were detained
The World Health Organization (WHO) said Israel raided its main staff residence in Deir al-Balah and detained staff, forcing women and children to evacuate the coast on foot.
“Male employees and family members were handcuffed, deprived, interrogated and screened at gunpoint,” the UN Health Agency said in a statement. It said two employees and two family members were detained, and three were later released, one of whom remained in custody.
The WHO said its main warehouses in the evacuation zone were damaged by explosions and fire damage, which damaged the agency’s ability to help hospitals and emergency medical teams. The Israeli military did not immediately comment.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said earlier that Deir Al-Balah’s two UN hotels were damaged by shrapnel. He said the cause is still under investigation, but in the area, a large number of Israeli air strikes have been reported.
He said local and international staff will continue to work there.
The military declined to say whether it had ordered the evacuation of the city’s aid groups, saying it maintained constant contact with them and facilitated their relocation if necessary.
