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05-07-2025
GAZA STRIP: Israel issues new forced displacement threats for parts of parts of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, as attacks across the besieged territory kill dozens of Palestinians.
The number of Palestinian aid seekers killed by Israeli forces since May 27 in the besieged Gaza Strip has reached 613, according to the UN, as a report says US contractors ostensibly guarding controversial aid distribution sites have been using live ammunition and stun grenades.
Hamas says consultations have begun on a latest proposal for a temporary 60-day ceasefire in Gaza; will submit its response to mediators.
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 57,268 people and wounded 135,625, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023, attacks, and more than 200 were taken captive.
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A staff member of Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, who survived the mass killing in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis by Israeli soldiers that we reported on earlier, has recounted the horrific incident.
“Five trucks were parked to let people come in and take what they could. Then the [Israeli] tanks started advancing and we could see a lot of snipers in the area too. Suddenly, shots started coming from every direction. Whomever got a bag of flour, got shot in the head. The bags of flour were all over the ground. Covered in blood,” said the MSF worker, whose name was changed to protect his identity.
“There were so many bodies on the ground. After that, a quadcopter came to where we were hiding under the rubble of one of the houses. (The quadcopter) told us to put our hands up and come out. It said ‘you are not allowed to take flour. Keep walking and don’t pick up any of the dead or wounded from the ground.’ Some people stayed, we could still hear the tanks firing. Young men, dying for a bag of flour.”
MSF Emergency Coordinator in Gaza Aitor Zabalgogeazkoa said the level of desperation for food in Gaza is “beyond comprehension”, and humanitarian agencies are restricted by Israel.
“Israeli authorities are limiting movements and supplies and have devised a new militarized way to distribute food that is degrading and deadly. The systemic and deliberate starvation of Palestinians for over 100 days is pushing people in Gaza to breaking point. This carnage must stop now.”
Al-Sabra Girls’ School has been hit by two drone missiles, killing at least one person and injuring several others, according to preliminary information.
Separately, three Palestinians have been reported killed in a drone strike that targeted a group of people near Al-Hurriya School in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood.
Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials, MSF, says healthcare worker Abdullah Hammad was among at least 16 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces yesterday while waiting for aid trucks amid the Israeli siege and starvation of Gaza.
“Israeli forces deliberately targeted a group of people, including Abdullah, without warning as they waited for aid trucks” in Khan Younis on Thursday, the organization said, adding that Abdullah was a hygienist who worked in al-Mawasi clinic for a year-and-a-half until June 30. (Int’l News Desk)
