Israel has bombarded areas across Gaza this week, killing 630 Palestinians and wounding more than 2,300 between 25 June and 2 July in airstrikes, tank shellings and by snipers – in attacks on residential buildings, tent shelters, cafes, and, at US-run so-called aid distribution sites.
The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza said on 3 July that 118 Palestinians were killed and 581 injured in 24 hours, including 12 people killed and 49 injured at the aid points.
Since late May, when operations at these US-Israeli sites began, 652 starving Palestinians have been killed and more than 4,500 injured trying to obtain food aid.
Twenty four people were killed on 2 July trying to obtain a box of food.
The United Nations humanitarian office stated on 30 June that the Israeli military had issued yet another displacement order for people in areas of Jabaliya and Gaza city, in northern Gaza, affecting at least 150,000 Palestinians. The orders followed other displacement directives in central Gaza just days before.
People are being “pushed into overcrowded areas where thousands of others are already staying,” the UN added. These spaces lack shelter, water and sewage systems, as well as adequate medical facilities.
And they are being bombed. …..more
