At least 85 Palestinians killed while trying to reach help in Gaza, the authorities say

At least 85 Palestinians were killed while trying to get to aid in places of all Gaza on Sunday, said the Ministry of Health led by Hamas, on one of the most mortal days for help applicants. In more than 21 months of war.

There was a new alarm since the Israel Army issued evacuation orders for areas of Centro de Gaza, one of the few areas in which it has rarely operated with terrestrial troops and where many international organizations are found that try to distribute help.

The largest toll was in northern Gaza, where at least 67 Palestinians were killed while trying to get to the aid through the crossing of Zikim with Israel, according to the Ministry of Health and local hospitals. The UN World Food Program said 25 trucks with help had entered for “hungry communities” when it found massive crowds that were left under shots. He called violence against “completely unacceptable” aid applicants.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, an organization based in the United States that has been distributing help in the territory, said in a statement on Sunday that its workers were “deeply sad because of the reports that more than 30 people were killed while trying to access the food of a UN convoy at the crossing of Zikim in northern Gaza when humanitarian efforts face climbing violence.” The Foundation said it distributed 31,968 aid boxes throughout the day in two distribution sites.

Some witnesses said that Israel’s army shot at the crowd at the Zikim crossing. Israel’s defense forces said “warning shots fired to eliminate immediate threat.”

“Suddenly, the tanks surrounded us and caught us while the shots and blows rained. We were trapped for about two hours,” said Ehab al-Zei, who had been waiting for the flour. “I will never come back again. Die to hunger, it’s better.”

Nafiz Al-Najjar, who was injured, said that tanks and drones attacked people “randomly” and saw their cousin and others dead.

Israel’s army said the soldiers had shot at a meeting of thousands of Palestinians in northern Gaza who represented a threat, and was aware of some casualties. But he said that the numbers reported by the officials in Gaza were much higher than their initial investigation was found.

The army said he was trying to facilitate the entry of help, and accused Hamas militants of creating chaos and endangering civilians.

More than 150 people were generally injured, with some in critical condition, hospitals said. Separately, seven Palestinians were killed while protected in tents in Khan Younis in the south, including a 5 -year -old boy, according to the Kuwait specialized field hospital, which the victims received.

The murders in northern Gaza did not take place near the distribution points associated with the recently created Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a group backed by the United States and Israel. Witnesses and health workers say that hundreds of people have been killed by the Israeli fire while trying to access the group’s help distribution sites.

The new evacuation orders reduce access between the central city of Deir Al-Balah and the cities of the south of Rafah and Khan Younges in the narrow territory. The military also reiterated evacuation orders for northern Gaza.

The United Nations have been in contact with the Israeli authorities to clarify whether the UN facilities in the southwest part of Deir Al-Balah are included in the Evacuation Order, according to an UN official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak with the media. The official said that in previous cases, UN facilities were saved from evacuation orders.

The last order covers an area that extends from an previously evacuated area to the Mediterranean coast and will severely hinder the movement for help groups and civilians in Gaza.

Military spokesman Avichay Adraee requested that people go to the Muwasi area, a desolate tent camp on the southern coast of Gaza that the Israel Army has designated a humanitarian area.

The announcement occurred when Israel and Hamas have been holding conversations in the fire in Qatar, but international mediators say there have been no progress. The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has repeatedly affirmed to expand Israel’s military operations in Gaza will press Hamas in the negotiations.

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Earlier this month, the Israel Army said it controlled more than 65% of Gaza.

The population of Gaza of more than 2 million Palestinians is in a catastrophic humanitarian crisis, which now depends largely on the limited aid allowed in the territory. Many people have been displaced several times.

Hamas triggered the war when the militants broke into southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking another 251 hostages. Most hostages or their remains have been released through several offers, while 50 remain in Gaza, but it is believed that less than half are alive.

Israel’s military offensive has killed more than 58,800 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, which does not say how many militants have been killed, but says that more than half of the dead have been women and children. The Ministry is part of the Hamas government, but the UN and other international organizations see it as the most reliable source of victims.

The Hostage Family Forum, a base organization that represents many hostage families, condemned the new evacuation announcement and demanded that Netanyahu and Israel the military explain what they hope to achieve in the center of Gaza, accusing Israel to operate without a clear plan.

“Enough! The Israeli people overwhelmingly want the end of the fighting and a comprehensive agreement that will return to all hostages,” said the forum. On Saturday night, during a weekly protest, tens of thousands marched in Tel Aviv to the branch of the United States embassy, demanding the end of the war.

The ambulances against three important hospitals in Gaza sounded their alarms simultaneously on Sunday morning in an urgent attraction as the hunger crisis grows. The Ministry of Health published photos on the social networks of doctors who have signs about malnourished children and the lack of medicines.

A ministry spokesman, Zaher Al-Wahidi, said that at least nine children under 5 have died of malnutrition since Israel imposed a blockade at the entrance of help in March. The blockade was partially relieved in May.

He said that tracking malnutrition deaths is difficult because some people could be suffering from other medical conditions that could be aggravated severe.

In northern Gaza, the director of the Shifa hospital, Abu Selmiyah, said the hospital registered 79 people who died of malnutrition in the last month.

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