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The Israeli military has killed at least 67 people waiting for trucks to help from the UN in North Gaza, says the health ministry in Hamas.
Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said there were “fired warning shots” to remove “immediate threat.” It disputes the number of deaths reported.
Six more were killed in anticipation of help elsewhere in Gaza, and more than 150 people were injured, some seriously, the ministry said.
On Saturday, he warned that Gaza increases extreme hunger and the growing number of people arrive at his facilities “in a state of extreme exhaustion and fatigue”.
“We warn that hundreds of people whose bodies have wasted are at risk of immediate death due to hunger,” the statement said. The UN also said that civilians in gas are starving and calling for an emergency influx of basic goods.
Many of the casualties from North Gaza were taken to Schiffa Hospital in Gaza. The medical director there, Dr. Hassan Al Scheer, told Arabic on the BBC on Sunday that the facility was “buried” and directed the injured in other field hospitals.
Outside the hospital, a woman told Arabic on the BBC that “the whole population is dying.”
“The children are starving because they have nothing to eat. People survive water and salt … just water and salt,” she said.
There are almost daily messages about the murder of Palestinians while looking for food from the end of May. Saturday At least 32 people were killed by Israeli shooting Near two points for the distribution of aid in South Gaza, according to the ministry.
Many incidents were held near sites managed by the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation from the United States and Israel (GHF), which uses private security contractors to distribute help from sites in Israeli military zones, but some consisted close to assistance provided by the UN.
In the meantime, the Israeli military issued orders for an evacuation of a crowded part of Central Gaza, where it did not start the offensive during her 21 -month war against Hamas.
IDF said on Sunday that residents and displaced Palestinians are sheltered in Deir Al Balah, they should evacuate immediately and move to Al Mavasi on the Mediterranean coast.
The demand for an evacuation, which could signal an immediate attack, caused a wide panic among tens of thousands of Palestinians, as well as the families of Israeli hostage, who fear their relatives are holding in the city.
IDF has made air strikes in the area, but has not yet deployed ground troops.
On Sunday, the Israeli military missed leaflets from the sky, ordering people in several areas in Southwestern Deir Al Balah to leave their homes and head south.
“The defense forces continue to act with great force to destroy the opponent’s capabilities and terrorist infrastructure in the area,” the military said, adding that it had not yet entered these areas during the war.
The affected neighborhoods of Deir Al Balah are crowded with displaced people living in tents.
Israeli sources have told Reuters news agency that the reason why the army remains outside these areas is because they suspect that Hamas can hold hostages there.
It is estimated that at least 20 of the other 50 hostages in Gaza are still alive.
The greater part of the strip population of more than two million people was displaced at least once during the Israeli war with Hamas, with multiple Israeli evacuation calls covering large parts of the territory.
On Sunday, Pope Leo XIV called for an “immediate end to the barbarity of war” and called on “indiscriminate use of force”.
His comments came days after Deadly Israeli strike struck the only Catholic church of Gazawhich Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country is deeply sorry.
Israel began its Gaza war in revenge on the attacks led by Hamas on October 7, 2023, with about 1,200 people killed and led to 251 others to be hostage.
Since then, the Israeli attacks have killed over 58,895 people in Gaza, according to Hamas Health Ministry. The ministry’s numbers are cited by the UN and others as the most reliable source of statistics available to the victims.
