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A Palestinian babe has died of starvation successful Gaza arsenic Israel maintains its blockade connected assistance supplies and fires connected radical forced to question nutrient astatine arguable United States-backed assistance sites described arsenic “death traps”.
The 35-day-old babe died of malnutrition astatine Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital, manager Muhammad Abu Salmiya told Al Jazeera. The unnamed babe was 1 of 2 radical who succumbed to starvation successful the installation connected Saturday.
The deaths occurred arsenic Gaza’s Ministry of Health warned that infirmary exigency wards were overwhelmed by unprecedented numbers of starving people, with officials saying that 17,000 children successful Gaza are suffering from terrible malnutrition.
Meanwhile, the Israeli subject continued to lb the Strip, with aesculapian sources reporting that astatine slightest 116 radical were killed crossed the enclave since dawn, including 38 who were changeable dormant portion seeking nutrient from assistance sites tally by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).
Civil defence bureau spokesperson Mahmud Bassal said the deaths happened adjacent a tract southwest of Khan Yunis and different centre northwest of Rafah, some successful confederate Gaza, attributing the fatalities to “Israeli gunfire”.
The Health Ministry says astir 900 Palestinians person been killed by Israeli forces and backstage subject contractors adjacent unsafe GHF sites since the instauration began distributing assistance successful precocious May, opening 4 points that replaced astir 400 centres tally by United Nations agencies and charities.
Witness Mohammed al-Khalidi told Al Jazeera the shots fired astatine assistance seekers connected Saturday were “meant to kill”.
“Suddenly, we saw the jeeps coming from 1 broadside and the tanks from the other, and they started shooting astatine us,” helium said.
Another witness, Mohammed al-Barbary, whose relative died successful the shootings, said the GHF sites are “death traps”.
“Anyone tin get killed. My relative was innocent. He went to get food. He wanted to live. We privation to unrecorded similar everyone else,” said al-Barbary.
Reporting from Deir el-Balah successful cardinal Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary said families hoping for thing to devour are alternatively burying their loved ones.
The GHF denied that Saturday’s killings happened astatine its site, claiming they occurred “several kilometres away” and “hours earlier our sites opened”.
The Israeli subject said it was reviewing the incident.
‘Open the gates’
Jagan Chapagain, the secretary-general of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, warned that Palestinians successful Gaza look “an acute hazard of famine”.
“No 1 should person to hazard their beingness to get basal humanitarian assistance,” helium said.
Basic supplies are not disposable successful markets oregon organisation points, portion the outgo of essentials specified arsenic flour skyrocketed, making it intolerable for the colonisation of 2.3 cardinal to conscionable their regular nutritional needs.
No 1 should person to hazard their beingness to get basal humanitarian assistance.
Recent weeks person seen hopeless radical risking their lives conscionable to person basal assistance successful Gaza.
The colonisation is facing an acute hazard of famine, with continuously worsening conditions. Basic food…
— Jagan Chapagain (@jagan_chapagain) July 19, 2025
Jan Egeland, the caput of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), rejected assertions made earlier successful the week by European Union overseas argumentation main Kaja Kallas, who noted “some bully signs” regarding assistance organisation successful Gaza.
“For NRC and galore others nary alleviation has entered for 142 days. Not 1 truck. Not 1 delivery,” Egeland wrote connected X. He noted that 85 percent of assistance trucks ne'er scope their destination due to the fact that of looting oregon different issues fuelled by the Gaza starvation crisis.
The UN bureau for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, which Israel has banned from operating successful the Palestinian territory, including successful occupied East Jerusalem, said it had “enough nutrient for the full colonisation of Gaza” waiting astatine the borderline crossing successful Egypt.
“Open the gates, assistance the siege and let UNRWA to bash its work,” the organisation said connected X.
Wave of attacks
At slightest 116 Palestinians were killed successful Gaza connected Saturday arsenic Israel continued its ruthless onslaught, bombing tents for the displaced and homes crossed the enclave.
Four bodies were recovered from the tract of Israeli strikes connected Bani Suheila adjacent confederate Khan Younis, sources astatine Nasser Hospital told Al Jazeera.
At slightest 1 idiosyncratic was killed by an Israeli drone onslaught connected a structure lodging displaced Palestinians successful Khan Younis.
Further north, Israel struck a residential location successful the municipality of az-Zawayda successful cardinal Gaza, sidesplitting the manager of the Nuseirat police, Colonel Omar Saeed Aql, on with 11 of his household members, according to the Interior Ministry.
In Gaza City, 3 radical were killed successful 2 Israeli aerial attacks connected the Zeitoun neighbourhood, according to a root astatine al-Ahli Hospital.
Also successful the city, 5 radical were killed successful an Israeli aerial onslaught connected the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
Medical sources said 2 radical were killed successful Israeli shelling successful the Jabalia an-Nazla neighbourhood, successful bluish Gaza.
Israeli forces besides opened occurrence connected and arrested 3 Palestinian fishermen disconnected the Gaza coast, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office.
The Israeli subject has maintained a naval blockade connected Gaza since 2007, erstwhile Hamas took implicit the enclave, which has been tightened since the commencement of the warfare successful October 2023.
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