Israel starves 13 more Palestinians to death, kills 89 since dawn

Gaza’s Health Ministry records 13 deaths, including three children, “due to starvation and malnutrition over the past 24 hours”, bringing the total number of hunger-related deaths to 361, 130 of them children.
At least 89 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, including 42 in Gaza City, according to medical sources speaking to Al Jazeera.Gaza death toll since dawn rises to 89
At least 89 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, including 48 in Gaza City.

The death toll also includes 22 aid seekers who were killed in central and southern Gaza, medical sources have told Al Jazeera.Gaza death toll since dawn rises to 89
At least 89 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, including 48 in Gaza City.

The death toll also includes 22 aid seekers who were killed in central and southern Gaza, medical sources have told Al Jazeera.Head of Government Media Office says stopping Israel’s siege a ‘legal and moral obligation’
The head of Gaza’s Government Media Office, Ismail al-Thawabta, has warned that the “catastrophic” situation in the Gaza Strip is a direct consequence of Israel’s actions, which the international community has a “legal and moral obligation” to halt.

“Statements and international positions will remain ink on paper unless actual measures are taken to pressure the occupation to end the siege,” he told Al Jazeera Arabic.

Al-Thawabta said that famine – which a UN-backed global watchdog found to be spreading in Gaza – had been a “systematic policy” used by Israel to weaken Palestinians’ resistance and force their mass displacement.

Both the use of starvation as a weapon and mass displacement amount to war crimes and must be prevented under international law, he added.Hind Rajab’s mother hopes film about slain child helps end war
The mother of Hind Rajab, a six-year-old Palestinian girl killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, has said she hoped that a film about her final moments to be screened at the Venice Film Festival will help end the war.

Rajab’s body was recovered from a car riddled with bullets in Gaza City, days after her voice was heard in a desperate phone call to the Palestinian Red Crescent on January 29, 2024.

An investigation later revealed that an Israeli tank shell directly hit the ambulance that was dispatched to help her. Her death sparked international outrage and calls for an independent probe.

The film, The Voice of Hind Rajab, one of 21 features competing at the Venice festival, incorporates original audio recordings of her emergency call.

Her 29-year-old mother, Wissam Hamada, said her daughter’s voice “has become heard all over the world and she will never be forgotten”.

“I hope this film will help stop this destructive war and save the other children of Gaza,” she told AFP before the film’s premiere in the Italian city on Wednesday.