Death toll from Israeli attacks at GHF sites rises to 600
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza says at least 600 people have been killed and more than 4,278 others wounded at GHF sites since the group began operations in late May.
As we’ve been reporting, global criticism of the US and Israel-backed initiative has been mounting with the rising toll.
Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), said in a post on X that the scheme “provides nothing but starvation and gunfire to the people of Gaza”.
Several killed, wounded as Israeli forces attack Gaza City, Deir el-Balah
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic say there have been several attacks that have killed and wounded several people in northern and central Gaza.
In northern Gaza City, several people were killed and wounded in an Israeli attack on a house on Jaffa Street. Several more were wounded, also in Gaza City, in a drone attack on the al-Karama neighbourhood.
In central Deir el-Balah, at least 10 others were wounded in an Israeli attack on tents sheltering displaced people.
We speak with American neurosurgeon Dr. Abdul Basit Khan in Gaza, where he is volunteering at the Nasser Hospital. He describes treating patients with blast injuries and gunshot wounds from Israeli attacks, all while coping with a lack of basic medical supplies and widespread hunger. "Food insecurity is rampant, from all levels of society. Even the physicians are not eating," he says. Multiple blasts were heard during the interview, with Dr. Khan describing his patients as people "living in tents being indiscriminately bombed" by Israeli forces. "This is the worst thing I've ever seen in my entire life, by far."
