Gaza needs 250,000 cans of baby formula per month
The Government Media Office says Gaza needs 600 trucks of aid per day and 250,000 cans of baby formula per month to meet the minimum needs of its starving population.
It said in a statement on Telegram that the “radical and urgent solution” was to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza and open the crossings unconditionally.
Baby dies of malnutrition in northern Gaza
An infant named Muhammad Ibrahim Adas has died due to malnutrition amid a shortage of baby formula, a source at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.
According to the World Health Organization, Gaza City has been “worst-hit” by malnutrition in the Gaza Strip, with nearly one in five children below five years of age now acutely malnourished.
Israeli forces kill Palestinian waiting for aid
Israeli military gunfire has killed at least one person and injured several others while they were waiting for aid near the Netzarim junction in central Gaza, a source at al-Awda Hospital told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.
Casualties as Israeli forces open fire at another aid site in Gaza
Earlier, we reported that Israeli forces shot at Palestinian aid seekers at a site near the Netzarim Corridor in north-central Gaza, killing at least one person.
We are now getting reports that Israeli forces have opened fire at another aid site, this time in southern Rafah. There were several casualties, according to sources at Nasser Hospital.
‘Devastated’ Palestinians jump on food trucks as aid enters Gaza
We saw trucks entering from two roads, the first one was Karem Abu Salem. The second one was Zakim in northern Gaza.
Devastated Palestinians jumped on these trucks and took whatever they had.
When asked why they jumped on the trucks, the Palestinians said they did not have time to wait for the food. They said their children have been starving for days, and they do not have any other option than jumping on these trucks.
This shows how desperate Palestinians are and how they were deprived of their basic necessities. Now, we are expecting more trucks to enter today.
But the Gaza Government Media Office also announced that 73 trucks made it to the Gaza Strip. These trucks had flour. They had food parcels, and they also had medical supplies and medicine, but none of these trucks made it to the warehouses.
