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Palestinians on aid point attacks: ‘They flock us towards their fire’
Witnesses in the southern Gaza city of Rafah have spoken to Al Jazeera about the chaotic scenes near the aid distribution point this morning that killed dozens of aid seekers.
“The Israelis opened fire on us. We ran to get our hands on some food, we were met with gunfire, drone bombs and shells,” one Palestinian said. “We are starving to death, just trying to get our hands on some food,” they added.
Another Gaza resident recounted a father’s desperate attempt to feed his family and his “starving children”.
“He was trying to get some flour to feed his children. He’s gone but came back carried on a stretcher,” they said. “Trump alleges it is a safe humanitarian zone, but it is all lies. They flock us towards their fire.”
Israeli air raids hit residential buildings in Gaza City
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that Israeli air raids destroyed three residential buildings in the Sheikh Radwan and as-Saftawi areas north of Gaza City.
Israel hits house west of northern Gaza’s Jabalia city
Palestinians check the destruction at a camp for displaced people after an Israeli attack on a nearby house west of Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on June 1
UN says Israel displaced 630,000 people in Gaza since March 18
In its latest humanitarian situation update, the UN says more than 632,000 Palestinians have been displaced since Israel broke the nearly two-month-old ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza.
Moreover, at least 28 aid workers have been killed since May 1, it said, adding that 452 in total have been killed since Israel’s war began on October 7, 2023.
People in #Gaza face a crisis of survival.
Half of them are children.
Over 632,000 people have been displaced again since 18 March.
The health system is overwhelmed.
At least 28 aid workers have been killed in Gaza since 1 May.
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— OCHA OPT (Palestine) (@ochaopt) June 1, 2025
Gaza death toll rises
At least 32 Palestinians have been killed and 136 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry. Five bodies of people killed in previous Israeli attacks were also recovered from the rubble in the war-torn territory, the ministry statement said.
The total death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza has risen to 54,418 killed and 124,190 injured since October 7, 2023, it said.
Israel has killed 4,149 Palestinians and injured 12,149 since breaking a ceasefire in March this year.
Thick smoke and flames erupt from an Israeli air attack in Gaza City, June 1
