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Death toll rises in Gaza
At least 42,718 people have been killed and 100,282 wounded in Israeli military attacks on Gaza since October 7, 2023, the enclave’s Health Ministry says. Of those, 115 Palestinians were killed and 487 wounded in the latest 48-hour reporting period, the ministry added.
‘The smell of death is everywhere’: UNRWA
The head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, has issued an urgent plea for a pause in the fighting in northern Gaza to allow humanitarian aid to reach civilians trapped there.
In a post on X, Lazzarini said UNRWA staff reported being unable to find food, water or medicine in the war-battered region. “The smell of death is everywhere as bodies are left lying on the roads or under the rubble. Missions to clear the bodies or provide humanitarian assistance are denied.”
Lazzarini called for an “immediate truce, even if only for a few hours”, to allow safe passage for families seeking refuge. “This is the bare minimum to save the lives of civilians who have nothing to do with this conflict,” he said.
Israel has blocked 250,000 aid trucks into Gaza: Media office
The Government Media Office in Gaza says Israeli forces have prevented the entry of “more than a quarter of a million trucks of aid and goods” since the war on the besieged territory began in October last year.
The office said this was part of Israel’s strategy of “reinforcing the starvation policy and using it as a weapon of war against civilians and against children, especially by preventing the entry of food, baby milk and nutritional supplements”.
Before the start of the war, some 500 trucks carrying aid and other goods would cross into Gaza daily.
Qassam Brigades claims killing of Israeli soldiers in Jabalia
The armed wing of Hamas says its fighters have detonated an antipersonnel explosive device targeting 12 Israeli soldiers, claiming the attack killed and wounded some of them. The incident took place in the al-Faluja area of the Jabalia refugee camp, the group said on Telegram.
Qassam Brigades claims attacks on Israeli bulldozers in Gaza
The armed wing of Hamas says it has struck three Israeli D9 bulldozers in northern Gaza in separate attacks in the al-Faluja area of Jabalia in northern Gaza. The Qassam Brigades said on Telegram its fighters hit two bulldozers with a Yassin 105 rocket and a Shawaz explosive device.
Another bulldozer was attacked with a “ground bomb” on al-Saftawi Street north of Gaza City, it added.
Official says northern Gaza hospitals run out of coffins
“Many wounded have died before our eyes, and we couldn’t do anything for them,” said Munir al-Bursh, the director of the Gaza Health Ministry, who is currently in northern Gaza. “Hospitals also ran out of coffins to prepare the dead, and we have asked people to donate any fabric they have at home,” al-Bursh said in a statement.
Palestinian health officials and the civil emergency service said dozens of bodies of people killed by Israeli fire are scattered on roads and under rubble. Rescue teams have not been able to reach them because of ongoing strikes, they said.
Al-Quds Brigades says fighting ongoing in Jabalia
A field commander from the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad has spoken to Al Jazeera about the fighting in northern Gaza. The al-Quds Brigades commander said the group’s fighters have been engaged in fighting with Israeli troops for three days west of the Jabalia camp.
He added that the group had also detonated explosives targeting Israeli vehicles around the area, claiming there were Israeli casualties.
Palestinians carry their belongings as they flee areas north of Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip
