Three aid seekers killed in Khan Younis
Three Palestinians waiting for aid have been killed after Israeli forces opened fire near an aid centre southwest of Khan Younis, sources at Nasser Medical Complex told Al Jazeera.
The attack comes shortly after the Israeli army said it had established a so-called “humanitarian area” in Khan Younis.
The UN said more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed while trying to access food aid in Gaza since the US- and Israel-backed GHF started operations at the end of May.
Six Palestinians died of starvation in 24 hours
Gaza’s Health Ministry said six people died of Israeli-induced starvation in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number to 382, including 135 children.
Global hunger monitor IPC confirmed on August 22 that famine is occurring in northern Gaza and spreading across the Strip. Since then, 104 deaths have been recorded, including those of 20 children, the ministry added.
Israeli army establishes yet another ‘humanitarian zone’
While issuing a forced evacuation threat of Gaza City, the Israeli army said it is establishing another so-called “humanitarian zone” in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis in Gaza’s south.
The military said the area will include infrastructure such as field hospitals, water pipelines, desalination facilities, and food supplies.
The tented encampment of al-Mawasi, in southern Gaza, which is severely overcrowded, was designated a so-called “humanitarian”, or “safe”, zone early in the war but has been bombed multiple times, with hundreds of civilians sheltering there killed.
The aftermath of an Israeli attack on al-Mawasi
Two people killed in so-called ‘humanitarian zone’
Our sources at Nasser Hospital are reporting that two Palestinians have been killed and many wounded in an Israeli air strike on a tent housing displaced people in the al-Mawasi area in southern Gaza.
This attack comes just hours after the Israeli army declared the area a so-called “humanitarian zone” and told Palestinians to move there as it continued its siege of Gaza City in the enclave’s north.
‘Wherever we go, death pursues us’
In response to the Israeli army’s forced evacuation threats, Gaza City residents said it made little difference whether they stayed or fled.
“Some say we should evacuate, others say we should stay,” said Abdel Nasser Mushtaha, 48, a resident of the city’s Zeitoun neighbourhood now sheltering in a tent in the Remal area.
“But everywhere in Gaza, there are bombings and deaths. For the past year-and-a-half, the worst bombings that caused massacres of civilians have been in al-Mawasi, this so-called humanitarian zone.”
“It no longer makes any difference to us,” said his daughter Samia Mushtaha, 20. “Wherever we go, death pursues us, whether by bombing or hunger.”
Israeli drone injures six Palestinians in Khan Younis
Six Palestinians, who had returned to the Amal neighbourhood in Khan Younis to inspect their damaged homes, have been wounded by an Israeli drone attack.
Israel continues to strike Khan Younis, where its army said it was establishing a so-called “humanitarian zone” in the al-Mawasi area.
Israeli attacks on aid seekers continue
As we’ve been reporting, Israeli attacks on aid seekers in Gaza have continued, with at least 23 people killed in the last 24 hours. The total number of aid seekers killed since May has risen to 2,385, with more than 17,577 wounded.
