Israeli attacks targeted homes, a tent housing displaced persons, and gatherings of people awaiting aid as Tel Aviv continues its genocidal campaign for nearly 22 months, according to medical sources and eyewitnesses.
In the latest attack, three Palestinians were killed and 30 others injured by Israeli army gunfire near the Sudanese area in northern Gaza, while waiting for food aid trucks. This followed the deaths of 19 Palestinians in separate attacks, most notably the shooting of five aid seekers near a distribution point west of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.
Aid truck disaster
In addition to the military attacks, 25 Palestinians were killed in a food aid truck accident early Wednesday morning in the central Gaza Strip. The truck flipped over, killing dozens of civilians as they were trying to collect food.
The government media office explained in a statement that "the truck was forced to enter through unsafe roads that had previously been bombed and were not suitable for passage, causing it to overturn on top of the starving people." The statement emphasized that Israel's policy of engineering chaos and starvation "has resulted in the deaths and injuries of hundreds of civilians over the past months."
He pointed out that the occupation army is forcing drivers of the limited aid trucks arriving in the Gaza Strip to take routes crowded with hungry civilians, leading to attacks on the trucks and the confiscation of their contents, in a scene "premeditated and deliberate" by the occupation.
Aid martyrs
For its part, the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced today, Wednesday, that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli genocide since October 7, 2023, has risen to 61,158 martyrs and 151,442 wounded. This was stated in the ministry's daily statistical report on the number of Palestinian martyrs and wounded as a result of the ongoing genocide.
The ministry said: "138 martyrs (including 3 recovered) and 771 injuries arrived at Gaza hospitals over the past 24 hours," adding: "The death toll from the Israeli aggression has risen to 61,158 martyrs and 151,442 injuries since October 7, 2023."
She explained that the death toll from Palestinian casualties since Israel resumed its genocide on March 18 has reached "9,654 martyrs and 39,401 injuries."
Regarding starving Palestinians, the ministry stated that the death toll among those awaiting aid has reached "1,655 martyrs and more than 11,800 injuries" since May 27. It noted that hospitals in the Gaza Strip received approximately "87 martyrs and 570 injuries" among those awaiting aid in the past 24 hours.
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On a daily basis, the Israeli occupation army fires on Palestinians queuing near aid distribution centers, leaving them between starvation and being shot, according to the government media office in Gaza.
"Starvation Engineering"
In this context, the Ministry of Interior in Gaza said on Wednesday that the airdrops of aid to the Strip resulted in civilian casualties and injuries, as well as the destruction of tents and the property of displaced persons.
The Gaza Interior Ministry accused Israel of exploiting aid drops as a tool to foster chaos, as part of its "starvation engineering" policy as part of the genocide being perpetrated by Tel Aviv in the Gaza Strip.
The ministry said in a statement that "the Israeli occupation is exploiting the airdrops of aid boxes as part of a policy of starvation engineering, promoting chaos and thuggery, and fostering the spread of gangs of thieves and bandits."
The statement added that "the airdrops cause injuries and casualties among citizens during the stampede, while quantities of aid fall directly on the homes and tents of the displaced, leading to the deaths of a number of Palestinians, including women and children, the most recent of whom occurred today (Wednesday) in the northern Gaza Strip," without providing further details.
He continued, "The airdropped aid does not meet the minimum needs of citizens amid the worsening famine. It represents only a drop in the ocean of humanitarian needs for our people, and is almost negligible compared to what the aid trucks can carry that can be brought in through the land crossings."
The ministry said, "The negative effects of parachuting aid—including chaos and human and material losses—far outweigh any benefits it may bring to the starving population." It noted that "the best way to end the humanitarian crisis and systematic starvation is to open land crossings and allow the flow of abundant quantities of aid and food supplies on a daily basis and for extended periods."
It also called on countries participating in the airdrops to "reconsider this deadly measure and take an urgent decision to halt it, in order to preserve the safety of civilians in Gaza."
Since October 7, 2023, Israel, with American support, has been committing genocide in Gaza, including killing, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement, ignoring all international calls and orders from the International Court of Justice to halt it.
In addition to the martyrs and wounded, most of whom were children and women, the genocide left more than 9,000 missing, hundreds of thousands displaced, and a famine that claimed the lives of many.
