Six Palestinians waiting for US aid were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting their gathering near the distribution center near the Netzarim axis in the central Gaza Strip.
Prior to that, 14 Palestinians were killed in separate attacks on the Gaza Strip, including five in an Israeli bombardment targeting tents for displaced people in the Atyaf camp in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Yunis (south).
Three Palestinians waiting for US aid were killed and others injured by Israeli occupation forces' fire in the aid distribution area on al-Tina Street, south of Khan Yunis.
Since the mechanism's inception on May 27, the death toll has reached 1,516 Palestinians, and more than 10,067 have been injured, as a result of repeated Israeli military fire on those waiting for aid, according to the latest figures from the Ministry of Health in Gaza.
In the Central Governorate, two Palestinians, including a woman, were killed and others were injured in shelling that targeted the Abu Ma'ala area, west of the new camp in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
In Gaza City, four Palestinians were killed and others were injured in two Israeli raids. The first targeted an apartment in the Al-Maqousi Towers (west), and the second targeted an apartment near the Bank of Palestine on Al-Nasr Street (west).
Palestinians were also injured in an Israeli attack that targeted a house on Al-Nafaq Street and an apartment in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City.
Prevalence of Guillain-Barré syndrome
Meanwhile, the Director General of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Munir al-Barash, announced in a statement on Tuesday that 95 cases of the rare condition Guillain-Barré syndrome had been recorded in a "short period," including 45 children. The normal incidence rate is no more than one case per year.
Al-Barash said that this syndrome, which is classified as a "rare disease," has become alarmingly widespread in the Gaza Strip, especially among children.
He pointed out that this syndrome begins with "a sudden loss of the ability to move the muscles, first affecting the lower extremities and then extending upwards, and may cause difficulty breathing that can lead to death."
On July 22, the Ministry of Health in Gaza announced the registration of 45 cases of "acute flaccid paralysis" in the Strip during June and July, an unprecedented increase due to deteriorating environmental and health conditions and malnutrition.
Al-Barash attributed the spread of this rare disease in Gaza to "water pollution and malnutrition" resulting from Israel's starvation policy.
He also considered this "rapid" spread of the disease in Gaza "a dangerous indicator of the collapse of the health sector and the worsening humanitarian catastrophe caused by the blockade and the prevention of entry of essential medicines and nutrients."
On Monday, the ministry announced the deaths of three people, including two children, from Guillain-Barré syndrome, a result of malnutrition and the failure of lifesaving efforts due to the lack of treatment. The ministry warned of a "real and potential infectious disaster."
On July 24, the international relief organization Oxfam warned in a statement that diseases in the Gaza Strip could turn into a deadly disaster due to hunger, difficulty accessing clean water, and a lack of shelter and healthcare.
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Children are the first victims of starvation.
In the same context, the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced on Tuesday the deaths of eight people, including a child, as a result of famine and malnutrition over the past 24 hours.
The ministry reported that the number of deaths from famine and malnutrition in Gaza has risen to 188, including 94 children.
For his part, the director of the Children's Hospital at Nasser Medical Complex warned of the spread of malnutrition among both healthy and sick children in the Gaza Strip. He also warned of the escalating outbreak of polio in Gaza.
On Monday, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in a statement that children in Gaza are facing death "from bombing, malnutrition, hunger, and a lack of vital aid and services." It added, "In Gaza, an average of 28 children are killed every day, the size of one school class."
The UN organization stressed that "the children of Gaza need food, water, medicine, and protection, and most importantly, they need a ceasefire, now."
Since October 7, 2023, Israel, with American support, has been committing genocide in Gaza, including killing, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement, ignoring all international appeals and orders from the International Court of Justice to halt the operation.
The genocide left more than 210,000 Palestinians dead or wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 9,000 missing, in addition to hundreds of thousands of displaced persons and a famine that claimed the lives of many.
