Israeli forces kill 21 aid seekers as Gaza starvation death toll rises

Israeli attacks person killed astatine slightest 39 people, including 21 seeking humanitarian assistance and 11 who starved to death, implicit 24 hours successful Gaza, Palestinian wellness authorities say.

Gaza’s Ministry of Health said connected Saturday that the full fig of malnutrition deaths has reached 212, including 98 children, since Israel launched its warfare connected Gaza successful October 2023.

Most of the deaths person occurred successful caller weeks arsenic Israel continues to enforce terrible restrictions connected assistance supplies entering Gaza aft partially lifting a full blockade successful precocious May.

Mohammed Abu Salmiya, the manager of al-Shifa Hospital successful bluish Gaza, told Al Jazeera that famine continues to airs a superior hazard “especially among children and the elderly”.

“Malnutrition among children leads to decreased immunity and whitethorn pb to death,” helium said.

On Friday, the World Food Programme (WFP) called connected Israel to let the transportation of astatine slightest 100 assistance trucks per time to Gaza, noting that lone 60 of its assistance motortruck drivers person been vetted and approved by the Israeli subject to date.

The 100 trucks per time the organisation called for is simply a fraction of the 600 per time different United Nations agencies and Gaza authorities person said are needed to conscionable the basal needs of Gaza residents.

“Since July 27, 266 WFP trucks arriving astatine crossing points were turned back, 31 percent of which had initially been approved,” the agency’s latest study said.

“Convoy movements are often hampered by last-minute changes by Israeli authorities, and dense insecurity owed to subject activities on convoy routes.”

In its latest connection connected Saturday, the UN bureau for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, noted that it has not been allowed to bring immoderate humanitarian assistance into Gaza, including nutrient and medicine, for much than 5 months, depriving bare and ailing Palestinians of what they request to survive.

UNRWA has been calling connected Israel to assistance its siege connected Gaza, saying the ongoing airdrops of humanitarian assistance from respective countries “are precise costly and ineffective” astatine reaching those urgently successful need.

The warnings travel arsenic Israeli forces continued to escalate their attacks crossed the territory. Six radical were killed by Israeli soldiers portion waiting for assistance adjacent the Netzarim Corridor successful cardinal Gaza, aesculapian sources told Al Jazeera.

Two different Palestinians were besides killed and transported to the Nasser Medical Complex from a GHF assistance organisation tract successful the confederate portion of the territory.

One pistillate was killed and different idiosyncratic was wounded successful an Israeli aerial onslaught targeting an flat successful Khan Younis successful the south.

According to the Gaza Health Ministry’s latest count, astatine slightest 39 radical person been killed successful 24 hours.

Israel’s warfare connected Gaza has killed astatine slightest 61,369 Palestinians successful Gaza and wounded 152,850. An estimated 1,139 radical were killed successful Israel during Hamas-led attacks connected October 7, 2023, and much than 200 were taken captive.

UNRWA has called connected Israel to assistance its humanitarian siege connected Gaza, saying the ongoing airdrops from respective countries are costly and ineffective [Mohammed Saber/EPA]

‘No 1 and obscurity is safe’

As the decease toll continues to soar, planetary condemnation of Israel’s behaviour successful the warfare is growing, with respective countries raising alarm implicit Israel’s plans to prehend Gaza City successful an cognition that could forcibly displace hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to attraction zones successful confederate Gaza.

A uncommon exigency UN Security Council gathering has been scheduled connected Sunday to code the program approved by Israel’s information furniture this week.

In Gaza City, residents were defiant, promising not to permission successful the lawsuit of a caller Israeli crushed offensive.

Umm Imran told Al Jazeera that determination was obscurity harmless successful Gaza.

“They accidental spell south, spell to al-Mawasi, but determination is obscurity harmless immoderate much – north, south, eastbound oregon west. No 1 and obscurity is safe. We volition enactment here.”

Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Deir el-Balah successful cardinal Gaza, said residents were incapable to slumber connected Friday nighttime aft the announcement by Israel.

“People are wondering what’s going to hap to them, what’s going to beryllium near of Gaza if Israel moves connected with its approved program to inhabit the full Gaza Strip, starting with Gaza City,” helium said.

The Israeli program has besides been condemned by the overseas ministers of Australia, Germany, Italy, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

In a associated connection connected Saturday, the diplomats warned that Israel’s program volition “aggravate the catastrophic humanitarian situation, endanger the lives of the hostages, and further hazard the wide displacement of civilians”.

“Any attempts astatine annexation oregon of colony hold interruption planetary law.”

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan besides urged Muslim nations to enactment successful unison to reason Israel’s plan.

Speaking astatine a associated quality league successful El Alamein with his Egyptian counterpart aft gathering Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Fidan said members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation had been called to an exigency gathering to tackle the crisis.

Palestinians transportation a antheral who was wounded portion rushing to cod assistance airdropped into Gaza City [Jehad Alshrafi/AP]