Six aid seekers killed in central Gaza: Report
Six people waiting to get aid near Wadi Gaza in the central part of the Strip have been shot dead by Israeli forces, reports the Wafa news agency.
Earlier, as we reported, Israeli forces shot and killed 12 aid seekers near the Netzarim Corridor, also in central Gaza.
Since the US- and Israel-backed GHF took over limited food distribution in late May, Israeli forces have regularly opened fire on Palestinian crowds at or near aid sites to disperse them. Nearly 1,400 people have been killed in these shootings, according to the UN.
Palestinian teen who died of malnutrition used to be sports champion
Seventeen-year-old Atef Abu Khater, who died of malnutrition, was very healthy prior to the war.
We hear from his family members and others who knew him that he used to be a local sports champion. He ended up losing a lot of weight, becoming acutely malnourished, and ultimately dying.
He was one of thousands of severe malnutrition cases throughout Gaza.
Many older people – in their 50s and 60s – are also suffering from malnutrition.
Food aid being stolen, resold at unaffordable prices
Not only are aid trucks entering in a small number, but a power vacuum has enabled looters and armed gangs to step in.
They take over many of these trucks coming in and hoard the aid. They then resell it at a very high price – double or triple the standard black-market price. It’s beyond anyone’s financial capacity.
Eighty percent of northern Gaza’s ambulances destroyed
Fares Afanah, head of emergency and ambulance services in northern Gaza, has spoken to Al Jazeera about the challenges medics face in responding to emergencies and treating the wounded.
Afaneh said Israeli attacks have destroyed 80 percent of his department’s vehicles during the war, and that Israeli forces routinely block ambulances from reaching victims.
Many of those wounded while seeking aid arrive at the hospital with head and limb wounds, and overwhelmed doctors frequently struggle to prioritise care, he added.
Seven deaths in Gaza due to malnutrition in 24 hours
The director of Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital said that hospitals in Gaza have documented seven deaths, including a child, as a result of starvation and malnutrition over the past 24 hours.
This brings the total of Palestinians who have died due to malnutrition and starvation since Israel began its war on the Palestinian enclave to 169, including 93 children.
Medical sources also said that 30 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since this morning, including 13 aid seekers.
