Probe finds at least 64 attacks on Palestinian civilians seeking food aid
A joint investigation conducted by the Forensic Architecture and the World Peace Foundation has found at least 64 incidents of Palestinian civilians being attacked by the Israeli army while seeking aid in Gaza.
The report said that the attacks include 25 incidents recorded at and around food distribution sites of the controversial GHF run by the US and Israel. The report said that Palestinians were forced to walk an average of 6km (3.7 miles) to arrive at a GHF ration station.
“In the face of well-established humanitarian principles that require that humanitarian aid not be misused for military or political ends, Israel is instrumentalizing aid,” the report said.
Palestinians carry sacks of flour unloaded from a humanitarian aid convoy on the outskirts of Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza
Field hospitals becoming front line of survival
Field hospitals are the front line of survival – fragile, improvised, yet indispensable. In these tents, Gaza’s war-wounded wait for care that was once delivered in fully equipped hospitals.
These tents are neither permanent nor sufficient. But without them, countless lives would be lost. These makeshift hospitals exist because Gaza’s health system has been dismantled by Israel. The WHO says 94 percent of Gaza’s hospitals are damaged or destroyed.
Aid organisations caution that the balance has collapsed. As demand surges and hospitals falter, the makeshift tents of Gaza have become critical.
Gaza’s healthcare system is in a freefall and now tents have become lifelines. For the wounded, this is survival on the edge of catastrophe.
Daily occupancy rate in Gaza’s hospitals skyrockets
Bassam Zaqout, the director of the Medical Relief Society in Gaza, told Al Jazeera that the daily occupancy rate in Gaza’s hospitals has reached 300 percent.
“Unfortunately, the operating rooms and the number of surgeons are far fewer than the number of injuries arriving at hospitals,” he said.
Most of the hospitals and medical clinics in Gaza have been destroyed by Israeli forces since October 2023, forcing many Palestinians to crowd into the few remaining hospitals, many of which are either partly destroyed or are in desperate need of medical supplies.
More than 300,000 children in Gaza suffering from malnutrition: Hospital director
The director of al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Mohammed Abu Salmiya, has spoken to Al Jazeera about the malnutrition crisis in the enclave. Here is a summary of his translated comments:
- There are 320,000 children who have entered a state of severe malnutrition.
- All the wounded in hospitals are suffering from malnutrition.
- Malnutrition is a major problem, and it will take a long time to address its repercussions.
