ALBAWABA- Israeli airstrikes and shelling on Gaza have killed at least 104 Palestinians and wounded 399 others within the past 24 hours, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.
Hospitals, already overwhelmed and under-resourced, continue to struggle with the rising number of casualties.
Gaza Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal reported that around 40 civilians were killed on Wednesday alone while waiting for humanitarian aid in the Zakim area in northern Gaza.
Aid distribution points have increasingly become deadly targets, with the total number of aid seekers killed by Israeli fire since May 27 now reaching 1,239 dead and 8,152 injured, according to Gaza health authorities.
On the same day, at least 25 Palestinian aid workers were killed and more than 150 others injured in Israeli strikes, adding to the already dire humanitarian toll.
Hamas warned that 40,000 infants in Gaza face imminent death due to the ongoing Israeli blockade, which has prevented the entry of baby formula, food, and medicine for five consecutive months.
The overall death toll from Israeli military operations in Gaza since October 7, 2023, has risen to 60,138, with more than 146,000 wounded. Since Israel resumed large-scale assaults on March 18, at least 8,970 people have been killed and 34,228 injured.
Human rights experts have raised increasing alarm. Yuli Novak, Executive Director of the Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem, and genocide scholar Dr. Shmuel Lederman, have described Israeli policies in Gaza as "systematic, ongoing, and potentially tantamount to genocide against Palestinians."
The international community continues to call for a ceasefire and unimpeded access to humanitarian aid, but the situation on the ground remains catastrophic, with Gaza enduring what many describe as one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history.
