At least 33 Palestinians were killed by Israeli strikes and gunfire in Gaza, including people sheltering in tents and those seeking scarce food. Famine conditions are spreading in Gaza City while Israel's defense minister warned the city could be destroyed in a potential new operation. Aid groups link starvation to the Oct. 7, 2023, outbreak of war and months of Israeli restrictions on food and medical supplies entering Gaza. Israel rejected the famine declaration as "an outright lie." Ceasefire efforts are paused, with mediators awaiting Israel's next steps. Separate incidents include strikes on tents in Khan Younis and aid-seekers shot near the Zikim crossing.
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip -- Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 33 Palestinians in Gaza on Saturday, including people sheltering in tents or seeking scarce food, local hospitals said as a famine in Gaza's largest city puts new pressure on Israel over its 22-month offensive. Israel's defense minister has warned that Gaza City could be destroyed in a new military operation perhaps just days away, even as famine spreads there.
Aid groups have long warned that the war, sparked by Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack, and months of Israeli restrictions on food and medical supplies entering Gaza are causing starvation. Israel has rejected the data-based famine declaration as "an outright lie." Ceasefire efforts are on hold as mediators await Israel's next steps.
In northern Gaza, Israeli gunfire killed at least five aid-seekers near the Zikim crossing with Israel, where U.N. and other truck convoys enter the territory, health officials at Sheikh Radwan field hospital told the AP. The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said cameraman Khaled al-Madhoun was killed while covering events at the Zikim crossing, and asserted that he was targeted
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