Dir al-Balah, Gaza Strip (AP)- Israeli force According to hospital officials and witnesses, at least 23 Palestinians demanding food were killed on Sunday in Gaza, who described facing gunfire, as hungry crowds rose around the assistance places, as the crowds related to malnutrition also increased.
Desperate has captured the Palestinian region of more than 2 million, which has been warned by experts Draught Due to Israel’s blockade and about two years of aggressive.
Yousef Abed, between the rush to a distribution point, was described that he calls the indiscriminate fire, in which at least three people are bleeding on the ground.
“I can’t stop and help them because of bullets,” he said.
Nasir Hospital in Southern Gaza said that they have received bodies by routes from Tina, about three kilometers (1.8 mi) from a distribution site in Khan Younis, by routes from routes, which is run by. Gaza Humanitarian FoundationPrivate US-and Israeli-backed contractors who distributed assistance more than two months ago.
The hospital obtained a corpse from hundreds of meters (yards) Shakush in north of a GHF site in Rafa. Another nine support seekers were killed by soldiers near Morg Corridor.
Three Palestinian eyewitnesses, seeking food at Tina and Morg, reported that the associated press shooting occurred at distribution points on the shooting routes, which are in reserved military areas by Israeli forces. He said that he saw that the soldiers set fire to the hungry crowd while moving towards the soldiers.
In the middle Gaza, north, hospital officials described a similar episode, in which Israeli soldiers opened fire on Sunday morning and set fire to a crowd of Palestinians, trying to reach the fourth and northern distribution point of GHF.
“The soldiers were trying to stop people from moving forward. They set fire and we ran away. Some people were shot,” Hamza Matter said, one of the support seekers.
AWDA Hospital said at least five people were killed and 27 were injured near GHF’s site.
Eyewitnesses seeking food have reported similar bullet attacks near the aid distribution sites in recent times, leaving dozens of Palestinians.
The United Nations said that 859 people were killed near GHF sites from 27 May to 31 July and hundreds of people have been killed along with the routes of the un-e-e-e-lad food.
Launched in May, the GHF sought an option for the un-run system as Israel, which provided a lot of assistance for the war, but was accused of allowing Hamas by Israel, which protected the convoy at the beginning of the war, for the siphon supply.
Israel has not offered evidence of comprehensive theft. The United Nations has denied this.
GHF states that its armed contractors have used only black pepper spray or removed warning shots to prevent deadly congestion. Israel’s army has said that it only fire warns shots. Both claimed that the tolls of death have become exaggerated
Israel’s army immediately answered questions about the deadly people reported on Sunday. The GHF media office stated that “our sites or had no bullets.”
Meanwhile, the Gaza Health Ministry said that six and Palestinian adults died in the last 24 hours due to reasons related to malnutrition. It said that Sunday’s casualties brought more than 82 deaths among Palestinian adults in five weeks as the ministry started counting of death among adults in late June. Deaths related to malnutrition are not included in the number of ministry war casualties.
The ministry said that ninety -nine children have also died due to the reasons for malnutrition since the war started in Gaza in 2023.
Israeli minister Prays on Flashpoint Holi site
Israeli’s remote National Security Minister Itmar Ben-Gwir prayed at the most sensitive holy site of Jerusalem, condemning the Palestinian leaders as well as provocative by Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
In the Hilltop campus in the old city, revered by the Jews and Muslims, Ben Gwir called Israel to encourage the Gaza Strip and encourage Palestinians.
“This is the only way we will return the mortgage and win the war,” he said.
His visit on Sunday in honor of Tisha B’av, a day in which the Jews mourned the destruction of two Jewish temples on the site were the first in which a government minister openly prayed on the site.
Under the status quo, the Jews are allowed to visit the site, but the Israeli police and soldiers are prevented from praying with soldiers. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office later said that Israel will not change the criteria controlling the holy site.
Nabil Abu Rudineh, spokesperson of Palestinian President Mahmood Abbas, condemned the visit to Ben Gwir. Jordan’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Sufian Quada condemned, which he called “provocative avatar by the extremist” and inspired him to prevent Israel from increasing.
Ben Gwir’s journey took place at Tish B’av, a day in which the Jews mourned the destruction of their temples. He condemned a video, in which Hamas issued a 24 -year -old hostage to Ewatar David, which weakened him in a slow -light tunnel in Gaza.
Hamas and Islamic Jihad, the second largest terrorist group in Gaza, created displeasure over releasing separate videos of individual hostages this week. The Israeli media has not broadcast the video, called promotion, but Netanyahu met hostage families on Saturday, and promised to try to return to Israel.
Red crescent facility
Palestinian Red Crescent said the Israeli army attacked its headquarters in the southern city of Khan Unis in the early hours of Sunday, killed one employee and injured three others.
According to the video released by the organization, the overnight strike ruined the organization’s multi-story building, filled with broken concrete and blood to its offices, pierced with holes in the walls and floors.
Red Crescent said that the military opened its Khan Unis facility three times at around 1 pm local time.
Somewhere else in Khan Younis, an Israeli strike killed the displaced people of a school asylum, killing at least two, Nasar Hospital said.
Israel’s army did not answer questions about the strike immediately.
The war began when Hamas attacked Southern Israel on 7 October 2023, killing around 1,200 people, and kidnapped another 251. they are Still holding 50 prisonersAround 20 are considered alive, most of the rest of the ceasefire or other deals. Israel has been killed more than an anti -retractor military aggressive 60,400 PalestiniansAccording to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
The ministry, which does not distinguish its count between citizens and fighters, is operated by staff by medical professionals. The United Nations and other independent experts see their figures as the most reliable count of casualties. Israel has disputed its figures, but has not given its own account of casualties.
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Metz reported from Cairo to Jerusalem and Maggi.
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Wafa Shurfa, Sam Metz and Sammy Maggi, Associated Press