from Mondoweiss
Within a 24-hour period, 19 people have died from malnutrition in Gaza, the Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Sunday. A total of 86 deaths from malnutrition have been recorded since the start of the genocide, 76 of them children. The Ministry describes these deaths as a “silent massacre.”
The Israeli-backed and U.S.-run Gaza Humanitarian Foundation claims to have distributed over 80 million meals over the last two months, but the signs of famine in Gaza are too apparent to deny. Meanwhile, dozens of Palestinians are killed every day at or near GHF distribution sites, a fact the organization continues to aggressively deny in the face of ubiquitous evidence and countless testimonies.
On Saturday, the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis recorded 32 people killed and over 70 injured in the Tineh area, west of Rafah city, where the GHF distributes aid. The injuries reported were of sniper bullets to the head and chest. On Sunday, the UN’s World Food Programme said that Israeli forces opened fire on starving civilians who rushed an aid convoy that had entered Gaza from the north.
“Shortly after passing the final checkpoint beyond the Zikim crossing point into Gaza, the convoy encountered large crowds of civilians anxiously waiting to access desperately needed food supplies,” the WFP stated. “As the convoy approached, the surrounding crowd came under fire from Israeli tanks, snipers and other gunfire.”...
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