GAZA, Palestine
The death toll of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces while waiting for food aid in Gaza has risen to 81 with about 700 people wounded, Gaza’s Health Ministry says.
It added that, given that
dozens of injuries range from serious to critical, the death toll may rise to
more than 100.
Hundreds of Palestinians were
waiting to receive aid near Dowar al-Nablusi, south of Gaza City when they came
under Israeli fire, eyewitnesses said.
Israel has launched a deadly
military offensive on the Gaza Strip since an Oct. 7 Hamas attack, which Tel
Aviv says killed nearly 1,200 people.
More than 30,000 Palestinians have since been killed and over 70,000 others injured amid mass destruction and shortages of necessities.
Israel has also imposed a
crippling blockade on the Gaza Strip, leaving its population, particularly
residents of northern Gaza, on the verge of starvation.
The Israeli war has pushed 85%
of Gaza’s population into internal displacement amid acute shortages of food,
clean water, and medicine, while 60% of the enclave's infrastructure has been
damaged or destroyed, according to the UN.
Israel stands accused of
genocide at the International Court of Justice. An interim ruling in January
ordered Tel Aviv to stop genocidal acts and take measures to guarantee that
humanitarian assistance is provided to civilians in Gaza.
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