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Arab News
10 hours ago
- Politics
- Arab News
Gaza rescuers say 43 killed by Israeli forces
GAZA CITY: Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli forces killed at least 43 people on Friday, including 26 who had gathered near an aid distribution center, the latest in a string of deadly incidents targeting aid seekers in the Palestinian territory. 'Forty-three martyrs have fallen as a result of the ongoing Israeli bombardment on the Gaza Strip since dawn today, 26 of whom were waiting for humanitarian aid,' Mohammad Al-Mughayyir, director of medical supply at the civil defense agency in Gaza, told AFP.
Al Arabiya
11 hours ago
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Gaza rescuers say 43 killed by Israeli forces
Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli forces killed at least 43 people on Friday, including 26 who had gathered near an aid distribution center, the latest in a string of deadly incidents targeting aid seekers in the Palestinian territory. 'Forty-three martyrs have fallen as a result of the ongoing Israeli bombardment on the Gaza Strip since dawn today, 26 of whom were waiting for humanitarian aid,' Mohammad Al-Mughayyir, director of medical supply at the civil defense agency in Gaza, told AFP. Read more:
News24
a day ago
- Politics
- News24
Palestinians killed at Netzarim corridor as Israeli forces open fire at food aid site
Israeli fire killed at least 25 Palestinians including 15 people who were waiting for food aid. Witnesses said thousands had gathered overnight hopeful for aid when Israeli forces opened fire at about 01:00. An additional 10 Palestinians were killed in separate incidents on Thursday. Gaza's civil defence agency said an Israeli fire killed at least 25 people on Thursday, including 15 who had gathered near an aid distribution site. Civil defence official Mohammad al-Mughayyir told AFP that 15 people were killed and 60 wounded while waiting for aid in central Gaza's Netzarim corridor, where thousands of people have gathered daily in the hope of receiving rations. The Israeli army told AFP it was "looking into" the reports. Witness Bassam Abu Shaar said thousands of people had gathered overnight in the hope of receiving aid at the US- and Israeli-backed distribution site when it opened in the morning. "Around 01:00, they started shooting at us. The gunfire intensified from tanks, aircraft and quadcopter bombs," he told AFP by phone. He said the size of the crowd had made it impossible for people to escape the Israeli fire near Shuhada Junction, and dead and wounded were left lying on the ground within walking distance of the distribution point run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. We couldn't help them or even escape ourselves Bassam Abu Shaar Mughayyir said the casualties had been taken to the Al-Awda and Al-Aqsa hospitals, in north and central Gaza respectively. Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in recent weeks while trying to reach aid distribution points in Gaza, which is suffering from famine-like conditions, according to United Nations (UN) agencies operating in the territory. Israeli restrictions on media in the Gaza Strip and difficulties in accessing some areas mean AFP is unable to independently verify the tolls and details provided by the civil defence agency. In early March, Israel imposed an aid blockade on the territory amid a deadlock in truce negotiations, only partially easing restrictions in late May. After Israel loosened its blockade, the privately-run Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began distributing aid, but its operations have been marred by chaotic scenes. UN agencies and major aid groups have refused to cooperate with the foundation over concerns it was designed to cater to Israeli military objectives. Elsewhere in Gaza, another 10 people were killed by Israeli fire on Thursday, the civil defence agency said. Three were killed by Israeli shelling of a residential building in Gaza City, while seven were killed in a strike on Al-Shati refugee camp to its west.
LBCI
a day ago
- LBCI
Gaza rescuers say 18 killed by Israeli fire
Gaza's civil defense agency said that Israeli forces on Thursday killed at least 18 people, including 15 who had gathered near an aid distribution site in central Gaza. Civil defense official Mohammad al-Mughayyir told AFP that "18 people have been killed due to ongoing Israeli shelling on the Gaza Strip since dawn today, 15 of whom were waiting for aid", adding that the remaining three were killed by shelling near Gaza City. AFP
Asharq Al-Awsat
6 days ago
- Health
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Israeli Fire Kills 41 People in Gaza
Gaza's civil defense agency reported 41 people killed in Israeli military operations in the Palestinian territory Saturday, more than half of whom it said were killed while waiting for aid. "Forty-one people were martyred due to the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, 23 of whom were waiting for aid," Mohammad al-Mughayyir, an official from the agency, told AFP. The Israeli military did not respond to AFP's request for comment. Israeli restrictions on media in Gaza and the difficulties of access on the ground mean AFP is unable to independently verify the casualty tolls provided by the civil defense agency. Central Gaza's Al-Awda hospital received eight bodies and 125 wounded after Israeli drone strikes targeted people gathering near an aid distribution center near the Netzarim corridor, Mughayyir said. Gaza City's Al-Shifa Hospital received 11 bodies after an attack on people seeking aid on Saturday, he added, while four others were taken to the Al-Aqsa hospital in central Gaza and Nasser hospital in the south. Dozens of Palestinians have been killed while trying to reach Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) distribution points since the US- and Israel-backed organization began operating in late May, according to the civil defense agency. An officially private effort with opaque funding, the GHF began operating on May 26 after Israel cut off supplies into Gaza for more than two months, sparking international condemnation and warnings of imminent famine. Mughayyir said that 18 people were killed in the north and south of the territory during various attacks by the Israeli army, including seven in Gaza City. The Gaza Strip has been ravaged by more than 20 months of war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas, with the situation continuing to deteriorate on the ground. Nasser Hospital, one of the last partly functioning health facilities, has been targeted by Israeli strikes in recent days, according to medical sources who spoke to AFP. AFP journalists on the ground reported that internet and fixed line communications were down in Gaza for the third consecutive day. The Palestinian Authority's telecommunications ministry said Thursday that Israeli forces targeted a fiber optic cable, triggering the outage.
