Israeli shots and air strikes killed more than 50 Palestinians in Gaza on Saturday, including some who were waiting for help, according to local health officials, continuing a model that was drawn international criticism As a country “Fiffage of drip” “ In the enclave continues to make lives.
Dr. Khalil al-Daqran, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health of Gaza, said that at least 52 people had been killed in Gaza so far this weekend, especially those waiting for Zikim Crossing aid with Israel, “a number of hungry children” and a group recovered in southern Khan Younis.
In the Zikim region, at least a dozen were killed while waiting for aid trucks, according to The Associated Press.
Israeli defense forces did not immediately respond to a request for comments.
The last killing near a help distribution site Come in the midst of what many have described as Israel “Help feeding” in Gazaa tactic that contributed to more than 120 dead malnutrition and on the left A third of the population on the verge of famine.
Criticism is challenged by the Israeli army, which says that it has made it possible to on average 70 trucks per day since May. But help agencies say that hundreds of additional trucks per day are necessary to feed the hungry population of Gaza.
Five deaths due to malnutrition have been recorded in Gaza in the past 24 hours, the Palestinian Ministry of Territory said on Saturday. According to the ministry, at least 127 people, including 85 children, have died due to hunger in the enclave since October 7, 2023.
Earlier this week, 25 countries, including Great Britain, Japan and a host of European nations, published a joint statement insisting that the war in Gaza “must end now”.
The foreign ministers of nations called the Recent Palestinians in search of help “Horrible”, what Ministry of Health of Gaza and at the United Nations Human Rights Office estimate more than 800.
The last previous body involved the murder of At least 67 people As they were waiting for United Nations aid trucks in the north of Gaza on Sunday.
Israel said that his soldiers had shot warning in the crowd to remove “an immediate threat”, adding that injury reports have been swollen.
The Israeli army, which Control the entry of all help In the besieged enclave, blame the UN and the other help agencies so as not to distribute supplies.
UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists this week that there was a “lack of will” from Israel to allow them to distribute help.
Israel accused Hamas of having stolen aid funded by the United States, citing this as a main justification, with the United States, for proposing A new weapon operation using private aid. But an investigation by the American agency for international development find “No report alleging Hamas“Benefited from Supplies funded in the United States.
In a statement, the FDI said that the USAID report ignores “clear and explicit evidence that Hamas exploits humanitarian aid to maintain its combat capacities” and criticizes the military “for routing decisions taken specifically to protect humanitarian and expeditions”.
“USAID’s report represents a striking example of biased framing,” said the FDI. “Instead of holding Hamas and other terrorist groups responsible for looting and obstruction using the achievement of the population, it attributes” indirect responsibility “to Israel for the actions of armed activists and terrorist organizations.”