Children dying ‘in every possible way’
- On average, the number of children being killed every day in the enclave ‘is well over 100’, a Doctors Without Borders doctor warns.
- At least 22 Palestinians killed after Israeli attacks targeted a house in Khan Younis overnight.
US senators say ‘arbitrary’ Israeli inspections slowing aid delivery
Two US senators have said that the delivery of much-needed humanitarian assistance into Gaza is being stymied by an arbitrary Israeli inspections regime.
Democratic Senators Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley visited the border between Egypt and Gaza on Saturday, where a warehouse is full of vital supplies rejected by Israeli authorities, including water testing equipment and medical goods.
“The warehouse was a testament to the arbitrariness” of the process, Van Hollen said.
“What struck me yesterday was the miles of backed-up trucks. We couldn’t count, but there were hundreds,” Merkley told a group of reporters in Cairo.
Palestinians injured in Israeli raid near Tulkarem
The Wafa news agency reports that four people were injured in the occupied West Bank town of Zeita, near Tulkarem.
The injuries were caused by live ammunition and shrapnel during fighting that out between Israeli soldiers and local Palestinian youth.
“Medical sources reported that two individuals with shrapnel injuries to the face and leg were transported to nearby Attil Governmental Hospital, while two others with injuries from live ammunition to the leg were transferred to Thabit Thabit Governmental Hospital in Tulkarm for medical treatment,” Wafa reports.
