Israeli strikes kill at least 42 across Gaza as UN eyes ceasefire vote

At slightest 26 radical were killed successful Israeli drone strikes portion waiting for basal assistance distributed by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

Israeli attacks person killed astatine slightest 42 radical crossed Gaza since dawn, aesculapian sources told Al Jazeera, arsenic the United Nations General Assembly prepares for a ballot urging an unconditional ceasefire successful the besieged enclave.

Sources told Al Jazeera that astatine slightest 26 of the radical killed connected Thursday died successful Israeli drone attacks portion waiting for nutrient and basal supplies being distributed by the arguable United States and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

Gaza civilian defence authoritative Mohammed el-Mougher told AFP quality bureau that al-Awda Hospital received astatine slightest 10 bodies and astir 200 others who were wounded “after Israeli drones dropped aggregate bombs connected gatherings of civilians adjacent an assistance organisation constituent astir the Netzarim checkpoint successful cardinal Gaza”.

El-Mougher said that Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital besides received six bodies aft Israeli attacks connected assistance queues adjacent Netzarim and successful the as-Sudaniya country successful northwestern Gaza.

Since the GHF began its cognition successful Gaza successful precocious May, dozens of Palestinians person been killed portion trying to scope the assistance organisation points, according to Gaza’s civilian defence agency.

The antecedently chartless GHF has travel nether aggravated disapproval from the United Nations, which says its organisation exemplary is profoundly flawed.

“This exemplary volition not code the deepening hunger. The dystopian ‘Hunger Games’ cannot go the caller reality,” Philippe Lazzarini, the main of the UN Palestinian exile bureau (UNRWA), wrote connected X.

“The UN including @UNRWA has the knowledge, expertise & assemblage spot to supply dignified & harmless assistance. Just fto the humanitarians bash their jobs,” helium added.

The assemblage of a Palestinian is transported connected a car extortion arsenic mourners question to be funerals of Palestinians who were killed successful Israeli occurrence connected Thursday [Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]

Separately, a aesculapian root astatine al-Shifa Hospital told Al Jazeera that 2 Palestinians were killed arsenic a effect of Israeli shelling targeting the Bir an-Naaja country westbound of Jabalia exile campy successful bluish Gaza.

Meanwhile, Hamas condemned connected Thursday the determination of Israel to chopped disconnected connection lines successful Gaza, describing it arsenic “a caller assertive step” successful the country’s “war of extermination”.

“We telephone connected the planetary assemblage to presume its work to halt the aggression and guarantee the extortion of civilians and humanitarian and civilian facilities.”

The disruption of communications has resulted successful the UNRWA losing interaction with its colleagues successful the bureau successful Gaza, the UN’s main humanitarian supplier successful Gaza said.

The latest developments travel arsenic the UN General Assembly is acceptable to ballot connected a draught solution that demands an immediate, unconditional and imperishable ceasefire successful the warfare successful Gaza.

The 193-member General Assembly is apt to follow the substance with overwhelming support, diplomats say, contempt Israel lobbying countries this week against taking portion successful what it called a “politically motivated, counterproductive charade”.

Last week, the United States vetoed a akin effort successful the Security Council.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies