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Seventy-six Palestinians were killed in Israeli army attacks in various parts of the Gaza Strip since Wednesday morning, including 54 at so-called humanitarian aid distribution points.
According to information received from health sources, two Palestinians were killed and 10 wounded in an Israeli army attack on civilians waiting for humanitarian aid near Rashid Street in northeastern Gaza city.
The Israeli army targeted civilians waiting for aid near the evacuation crossing south of Khan Yunis city, according to a statement from the Health Ministry in Gaza.
The statement reported that at least 51 people lost their lives and hundreds were wounded in the attack, with bodies of the dead and wounded brought to the Nasser Medical Complex.
The ministry shared that more than 200 people were injured in the attacks, with at least 20 in critical condition.
According to information from local health sources, an Israeli army attack targeting tents housing displaced Palestinians in the Mawasi area west of Khan Yunis city killed a mother and her three children.
One Palestinian was killed in an attack by Israeli warplanes on a house in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip.
The bodies of two Palestinians shot by Israeli snipers near the area known as Street 10 south of Gaza city were brought to Shifa Hospital.
The Burj al-Faysal area in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip was also subjected to bombardment by occupation forces in the morning hours. One woman was killed as a result of the attack.
In an attack on tents set up at Salah School, housing displaced Palestinians in the same area, two Palestinians lost their lives.
Israeli warplanes bombed Palestinians waiting for aid distribution on Salaheddine Street in the central areas. One Palestinian was killed in the attack, while many were wounded.
According to information given to an AA correspondent by health sources, one person was killed when Israeli soldiers opened fire on a Palestinian group waiting for aid distribution at a location south of the Netzarim Corridor in the central Gaza Strip.
One Palestinian was killed in an attack by Israeli warplanes on a house in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip.
The bodies of two Palestinians shot by Israeli snipers near the area known as Street 10 south of Gaza City were brought to Shifa Hospital.
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Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli forces on Tuesday killed more than 50 Palestinians near an aid center in the territory's south.
Civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal told Agence-France Presse (AFP) that at least 53 people were killed and some 200 wounded as thousands of Palestinians gathered to receive flour near an aid center in Khan Yunis.
"Israeli drones fired at the citizens. Some minutes later, Israeli tanks fired several shells at the citizens, which led to a large number of martyrs and wounded," he said.
Mohammad Abu Amer, who was present at the scene, told AFP that "ordinary, unarmed people" were targeted.
"They went to buy bread and flour for their children, and (Israeli forces) killed them in cold blood," he said from Nasser Hospital, where the dead and wounded were taken.
The Israeli army said it was looking into "reports regarding a number of injured individuals" from its fire.
It said that "a gathering was identified adjacent to an aid distribution truck that got stuck" near the Israeli forces.
The Israeli army stated: "The Israeli army is aware of reports regarding a number of injured individuals from Israeli army fire following the crowd's approach. The details of the incident are under review. The Israeli army regrets any harm to uninvolved individuals and operates to minimize harm as much as possible to them while maintaining the safety of our troops."
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas acknowledged the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and said the bloc has not done enough to stop the suffering of the Palestinian people.
"I'm asking all the time, all the time, have we done enough to stop this? And clearly we haven't because this is still going on, and I have equally the same frustration as you do," Kallas said, addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
Responding to criticism from parliament members accusing the EU of "showing a double standard toward Israel and being complicit in what is happening in Gaza," Kallas emphasized her ongoing engagement with Israeli officials.
"Do you think that it is not painful for me to see the suffering of the Palestinian people? That is why I'm talking almost every day to the ministers of Israel that humanitarian aid would get in, that the human suffering would stop, and that they would not weaponize humanitarian aid," she said.
The war since October 2023 between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas has ravaged the Gaza Strip, with shortages of food, fuel and clean water.
In early March, Israel imposed a total aid blockade on Gaza amid an impasse in truce negotiations, only partially easing restrictions in late May.
The health ministry said 397 Palestinians among those trying to get food aid had been killed and more than 3,000 were wounded since late May. The war was triggered by an unprecedented Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, which resulted in the deaths of 1,219 people, according to official Israeli figures.
The Gaza health ministry said 5,194 people have been killed since Israel resumed strikes on the territory on March 18 following a truce.
The overall death toll in Gaza since the war broke out on Oct. 7, 2023, has reached 55,493 people, with most of them being civilians according to the health ministry.
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