Israel-Hamas war, Gaza genocide

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UNRWA ‘ready’ to deliver aid to Gaza but prevented by Israeli attacks and restrictions

A starvation crisis is gripping Gaza, and while some aid has trickled in, it’s nowhere near enough.

The UN said more food is needed to prevent famine and a catastrophic health crisis. Sam Rose is acting director of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza (UNRWA), which Israel banned last year.

He said UNRWA is ready and able to deliver lifesaving aid in Gaza, but Israeli restrictions and ongoing attacks prevent food, water and healthcare from reaching those in desperate need, especially children.

Israeli jets circle Gaza despite ‘humanitarian pauses’

What Israel describes as “humanitarian pauses” are, in fact, limited and seen as unilateral suspensions of military activities that usually last for a few hours and are confined to select areas.

Now these pauses, as we have seen, lack international oversight or any sort of coordination with humanitarian agencies.

Right now, I can hear the sound of Israeli fighters in the sky. Medical reports that have been shared by Gaza’s Health Ministry suggest that 43 Palestinians have been killed today, and the number is expected to rise till the end of the day.

‘Their mother was killed’: Children injured in Israeli bombing near Khan Younis

Among the most distressing incidents in the past 24 hours has been the bombing of tents sheltering displaced people in al-Mawasi.

Video verified by Al Jazeera shows children lying on a hospital bed, wounded from the air strike that killed their mother and injured several other members of their family.

The footage captures the aftermath of the attack with one caption reading: “Their mother was killed. … The children were injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting the tents of displaced families in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis.”

Activists also documented emotional scenes showing the wounded children being treated in yet another reminder of the escalating toll on civilians.

Five aid seekers killed near Morag Corridor, daily death toll rises to 55

Nasser Hospital has reported that five Palestinians seeking aid were killed and others were injured in an Israeli attack near the Morag Corridor, north of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

Medical sources told Al Jazeera that at least 55 Palestinians have been killed and more than 80 others injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn today, including 17 people while waiting for aid.

PRCS says foetus saved after mother killed in Israeli strike on Khan Younis home

Medical teams at the al-Mawasi Field Hospital in southern Gaza have announced that they saved the life of a foetus whose mother was killed in an Israeli air attack, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS).

The mother, a member of the al-Zarab family, was killed when Israeli forces targeted their home in the al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis, PRCS said in a statement on X.

Despite what the organisation described as “extremely challenging field conditions” and severe shortages of medical supplies, doctors performed an emergency Caesarean section in a desperate attempt to save the infant.

“The team carried out a complex emergency Caesarean section in a determined effort to save the baby,” the PRCS said. The newborn was then transferred to the neonatal unit for specialised care, the group added.

The al-Mawasi area, previously designated by Israeli forces as a so-called “humanitarian zone,” has been repeatedly targeted by air attacks, despite being filled with displaced families who fled fighting elsewhere in Gaza.

At least 7 people killed by Israeli fire in Rafah, Khan Younis

Israeli gunfire in Rafah and Khan Younis in southern Gaza have killed at least seven people, the Wafa news agency reports.

Five people were killed and dozens of aid seekers wounded by Israeli fire north of Rafah.

Near the Bani Suheila roundabout east of Khan Younis, two young men were also killed by Israeli snipers.

Humanitarian pauses.... Just more lies to feed the complicit Western Media.