Israeli forces have killed at least 25 Palestinians, including 12 aid seekers, in attacks across Gaza today, exacerbating an already dire humanitarian crisis.
The UN human rights office reports that 1,760 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid since late May, a sharp rise from earlier figures.
Israel’s genocide, which has claimed 61,827 lives and wounded 155,275, has systematically targeted civilians, including those desperately seeking food and supplies.
The destruction of Gaza’s socioeconomic structure has left nearly two million Palestinians dependent on insufficient humanitarian aid, with only 10 percent of needed food supplies entering the territory.
Israel’s restrictions on aid have led to catastrophic hunger, with 11 people, including a child, starving to death in the past 24 hours, bringing the total hunger-related deaths to 251.
Amjad Shawa, director of the Palestinian NGOs Network, described this as “a kind of engineered starvation,” with Gaza’s health system collapsing under the strain.
Food distribution points and hot meal kitchens have shut down, forcing Palestinians to risk their lives at aid hubs, where they face Israeli gunfire.
Commercial food trucks, the primary source of supplies, are prohibitively expensive, leaving families unable to feed their children.
Al Jazeera's Hind Khoudary, reporting from Deir el-Balah, noted that Palestinians “have no choice but to see their children die of malnutrition and starvation.”
The genocide has also decimated Gaza’s civilian infrastructure, with 270 journalists and media workers killed in 22 months, roughly 13 per month.
The body of journalist Marwa Muslim was recently recovered from the rubble of her bombed home in Gaza City’s Tuffah neighbourhood, alongside her two brothers.
Palestinian journalists, like Amer al Sultan, face starvation while reporting, often surviving on water for days.
At al-Shifa Hospital, over 200 patients are at risk due to medicine shortages and malnutrition, with doctors resorting to amputations to manage untreated infections.
Chris Doyle, from the Council for Arab-British Understanding, condemned the international community’s inaction, stating that “words, statements and press releases” will not end what he calls a “genocide” livestreamed to the world.