Israeli attacks kill dozens in Gaza as controversy and concern grow about humanitarian aid

Israeli attacks killed at least 52 people in the Gaza Strip on Monday, including about 36 in a school turned into a shooter that was beaten while people slept, lighting their belongings, according to local health officials. The army said he attacked militants who operated from school.

Israel renewed his offensive in March After finishing a high fire with Hamas. He has promised to take control of Gaza and continue fighting until Hamas is destroyed or disarmed, and until he returns the remaining 58 hostages, one third of them that is believed to be alive, of The attack of October 7, 2023 that ignited the war.

The strike in school in the Daraj neighborhood of the city of Gaza also wounded more than 55 people, said Fahmy Awad, head of the emergency service of the Ministry of Health of Gaza de Hamas. He said a father and his five children were among the dead. He said the school was hit three times while people slept, which set their belongings on fire.

The Israeli army said he had addressed a militant center of command and control within the school that Hamas and Islamic Jihad used to gather intelligence for attacks. Israel blames Civil Deaths to Hamas because it operates in residential areas, and adds that “numerous measures were taken to mitigate the risk of damaging civilians,” according to the French news agency News.

Israel says that it plans to take total gaza control and facilitate what it describes as the voluntary migration of its more than 2 million inhabitants, a plan that has been rejected by the Palestinians and much of the international community.

Israel’s military campaign has destroyed vast areas of Gaza and displaced internally 90% of its population. Many have fled several times.

The militants led by Hamas killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapped 251 people in the 2023 terrorist attack. More than half of the hostages have been returned in high -fire or other agreements, eight have been rescued and Israeli forces have recovered the remains of dozen more.

The offensive has destroyed vast areas of Gaza, which makes entire neighborhoods not uninhabitable. Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to take refuge in schools and miserable tents camps for more than a year.

The retaliation offensive of Israel has killed around 54,000 Palestinians, according to the Hamas-Direct Ministry of Health by Gaza. He says that more than half of the dead are women and children, but does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in their account.

Growing concern for food shortages in Gaza

Israel began to allow humanitarian aid in Gaza last week after blocking all foods, medications, fuel or other goods to enter for 2-1/2 months. But help groups say that the supplies that have arrived are not close enough to meet the growing needs of the enclave residents.

Executive Director of the UN Food Program Cindy McCain said Sunday in it News themezone “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” That the number of help trucks allowed to enter Gaza last week was only a “fall in bucket” compared to what is needed to avoid potential famine in the Palestinian territory.

A new aid system is expected, supported by Israel and the United States, but rejected by UN agencies and other help groups, start operating as soon as Monday, despite the resignation of Americans who were supposed to lead the effort, which said it could not operate independently.

Israel plans to implement the new aid distribution system, led by a group known as the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and composed of former humanitarian, governmental and military officers, to establish distribution points guarded by private security signatures. Israel has long accused Hamas of diverting the supplies of help brought to Gaza, without providing evidence.

The Foundation said in a statement that it would begin to deliver help on Monday and that it would reach a million Palestinians, about half of the population of Gaza, at the end of the week.

The UN agencies and the main help groups have refused to cooperate with the planned system backed by the United States, saying that it would force even more displacement, it will not meet local needs and violate the humanitarian principles that prohibit a party at war controlling humanitarian assistance. They also say that there is no evidence of a systematic deviation of help from Hamas or other armed groups.

Jake Wood, the American who heads the Foundation, unexpectedly resigned on Sunday, saying that it was clear that the Foundation would not be allowed to operate independently. It is not clear who is financing the group. The Foundation said in a statement on Monday that “it would not be dissuaded” for Wood’s resignation and its delivery would begin as planned.

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