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Israel’s army claims to hit 115 Gaza targets in 24 hours

In its latest war update, the Israeli army says its aerial attacks struck 115 targets in Gaza in the last day, including fighter cells, rocket launchers, tunnels and other military infrastructure.

One strike, it claimed, killed a member of Hamas’s elite Nukhba special forces unit who took part in the October 7 attack.

As we’ve been reporting, Israel’s latest attacks in Gaza have killed numerous civilians, including a strike on a school-turned-shelter yesterday that killed children and a pregnant woman.


Military vehicles stand near the border with Gaza, in Israel, May 20


Still no aid coming in as people ‘waste away’ with malnutrition

Ahmed Bayram, the Middle East spokesperson for the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), has spoken to Al Jazeera about Gaza’s humanitarian situation, which continues to deteriorate.

Bayram, citing reports from his colleagues on the ground in Gaza, said there is still “no aid coming in as of this morning”.

“As things stand, the impact of the blockade continues,” he told Al Jazeera. “It’s going to be a while before we see any impact really … particularly with the meagre numbers [of aid trucks approved] by Israel.”

Bayram said people’s needs in Gaza are “soaring” with many families surviving on just one modest meal per day.

“More people are coming to us, telling us how they are watching their children waste away,” he said. “These children suffer from malnutrition, some of them will probably never make it, never recover from it.”

He urged for greater global pressure on Israel to allow aid in without “limits or conditions”. “I hope countries do continue to apply that pressure … people are literally on the verge of death,” he said.


Gaza struggles with food, water shortages amid ongoing attacks

With air raids and tank fire continuing to pound the enclave, local bakers and transport operators said they had yet to see fresh supplies of flour and other essentials.

Abdel-Nasser al-Ajramy, the head of the bakery owners’ society, told the Reuters news agency that at least 25 bakeries that were told they would receive flour from the World Food Programme had seen nothing and there was no relief from the hunger for people waiting for food.

“There is no flour, no food, no water,” said Sabah Warsh Agha, a 67-year-old woman from northern Gaza sheltering in a cluster of tents near the beach in Gaza City.

“We used to get water from the pump. Now the pump has stopped working. There is no diesel or gas.”

Dozens of trucks of humanitarian aid for Gaza still sitting at border entry

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-gaza-humanitarian-aid-un-1.7539737


Internal notes circulated among aid groups say trucks have yet to leave Kerem Shalom

United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said Tuesday evening that although the aid has entered Gaza, aid workers were not able to bring it to distribution points where it is most needed, after the Israeli military forced them to reload the supplies onto separate trucks and workers ran out of time.

Internal notes circulated among aid groups Wednesday and seen by The Associated Press said that no humanitarian trucks had left Kerem Shalom, the border crossing in southern Gaza that is operated by Israel. The notes said 65 trucks moved from the Israel side of the crossing to the Palestinian side, but hadn't made it into Gaza.


Vehicle targeted near Gaza’s European Hospital, today’s death toll at 62

We are getting reports of a deadly Israeli attack in the Khan Younis area. The attack, which targeted a vehicle near the European Hospital, located east of the city, has killed at least one person, report our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.

That casualty brings today’s total death toll in Gaza to 62, they report, citing local medical sources.