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Hamas executes Palestinians for looting as desperation grows under Israeli blockade
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/04/middleeast/hamas-executions-gaza-food-intl
Hamas has executed six Palestinians in Gaza and shot 13 others in the legs for alleged looting, the militant group said in a statement, as desperation grows under a complete Israeli blockade that has now entered its third month.
In a statement issued Friday, Hamas said it would carry out more executions against “every criminal we can reach in the next two days.”
Since last week, armed gangs have increasingly taken to the streets of Gaza City, going after some of the remaining food supplies and challenging Hamas’ control of the territory, according to CNN journalists in Gaza.
Hamas claims some of these “criminal gangs” are collaborating with Israel.
On Saturday, Hamas’ Ministry of Interior and National Security claimed that “a group of outlaws, collaborators with the occupation, has emerged to threaten the lives of citizens, spreading fear and chaos in some neighborhoods, and attacking public and private properties.”
Far-right Israel minister calls for attacks on Gaza food supplies
Israel’s influential security cabinet is set to meet to discuss the way forward in the war on Gaza.
Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, in an interview with Israeli Army Radio, said he wanted to see a “powerful” expansion of the war, but did not disclose details as to what new plans might entail.
“We need to increase the intensity and continue until we achieve total victory. We must win a total victory,” he said. He demanded that Israel bomb “the food and electricity supplies” in Gaza.
Whole world ‘complicit’ in starvation of children in Gaza: Oxfam
Mahmoud Alsaqqa, Oxfam’s food security lead inside the Gaza Strip, says humanitarian organisations are in “desperate need” for unrestricted flows of aid in Gaza.
“We have a lot of supplies that are stuck in Egypt and Jordan, and we cannot reach them,” he said, adding that he expects the humanitarian situation to “deteriorate” even further.
“We have repeatedly sounded the alarm and warned that this stage will lead to catastrophic and potentially irreversible consequences, especially for the vulnerable groups, the children, the elderly people and the women,” Alsaqqa said.
“The whole world, unfortunately, is contributing to or participating in starving the children in the Gaza Strip. Without taking any action, they are all, unfortunately, complicit,” Alsaqqa said.
“They have a choice: either to continue simply watching the horror, the pictures and the images coming from Gaza or to take action,” he said.
Gaza death toll rises
At least 40 Palestinians have been killed and 125 wounded in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry. Israel’s war on Gaza has killed 52,535 people and wounded 118,491 others since October 7, 2023, it said.
Since Israel ended the ceasefire unilaterally on March 18, it has killed at least 2,436 people in Gaza and wounded 6,450 others, the statement added.
