Israel starves 197 Palestinians to death in Gaza

Gaza’s hospitals have recorded four new deaths “due to famine and malnutrition over the past 24 hours”, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry, raising the total number of hunger-related deaths to 197, including 96 children.
The United Nations said Israel’s blockade of Gaza means the lives of more than 100 premature babies are in “imminent danger”, as a lack of fuel impedes “life-saving” operations in hospitals.Women, children among seven killed in Gaza City: Report
Palestine’s Wafa news agency is reporting several deadly attacks in Gaza City.

The first, targeting a tent housing displaced people in the city’s Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, killed at least six people, including a woman and several children, the agency reports.

The second attack targeted a separate residential area in the city, killing a woman and injuring others, said Wafa.

Earlier, Israel’s military claimed to have killed dozens of fighters and dismantled tunnel shafts in several parts of Gaza City.Israeli attacks on Gaza schools part of effort to displace Palestinians
Moataz El Fegiery, vice president of the EuroMed Rights coalition, says today’s Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on “unlawful” Israeli attacks on schools sheltering displaced civilians in Gaza undercuts Israel’s claims that the facilities are used by Hamas.

“It provides substantial evidence to refute the story marketed by Israel internationally that there are civilian sites which are used by Hamas fighters. It’s very clear from this report that there is no evidence” to back that up, El Fegiery told Al Jazeera.

As we reported earlier, HRW investigated deadly Israeli strikes on Gaza schools-turned-shelters and found “no evidence of a military target”, thus making them “unlawfully indiscriminate”.

El Fegiery added that Israel’s goal since the beginning of the war has been to transform Gaza into an unlivable place, thereby pressuring Palestinians to leave.

“This report, we need to look at it in a broader context,” he said of HRW’s findings.

“Israel has an intention to target these institutions so they [can] achieve massive killings and casualties among civilians. But at the same time, [they want to] spread a climate of fear and terrorise civilians so they can leave the territory.”‘People are tearing each other apart’ for limited aid
We’ve spoken to displaced Palestinians in northern Gaza as they scramble to try to secure a portion of the limited aid being airdropped into the besieged enclave.

Ismail al-Fayoumi said he walked a long distance to try to get food for his family. He came away with a single bag of milk.

“May God ease our situation,” he told Al Jazeera. “We hope they start bringing aid officially, through proper warehouses, not through airdrops. People are tearing each other apart for it, and the amount is so limited. What can a single pack like this do for an entire family?”

Another displaced man, Mustafa Tanani, likened the situation to “a battle”.

“We come from far away and end up with nothing,” he said.

“The planes are dropping aid for nothing – look where they threw it, up there between the buildings. It’s dangerous for us. There’s even a box hanging up high – it’s too risky to go and get it.”