Medical sources have told Al Jazeera that Israeli forces have at least 43 more Palestinians in Gaza on Monday as the daily massacres continue, while much of the world’s attention is on the Israeli-US war against Iran.
Among those killed on Monday were at least 20 Palestinians who were seeking aid. Since the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began operating in Gaza at the end of May, more than 400 people have been killed by the IDF while attempting to get food for their starving families.
Israeli airstrikes and shelling also pounded targets across Gaza on Monday. According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, at least four people were killed and others were wounded when Israeli warplanes targeted tents sheltering displaced Palestinians near the southern city of Khan Younis.
WAFA also reported that three brothers were killed by an Israeli strike while they were inspecting their damaged home in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza. Four Palestinians were also killed by Israeli attacks on Jabalia, which is near Beit Lahia.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said in its daily update on Monday, which it releases about midday Gaza time, that it recorded 38 deaths and 317 injuries over the previous 24-hour period. It also reported that the body of one Palestinian killed by previous Israeli attacks was recovered.
“There are still a number of victims under the rubble and on the streets, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them,” the ministry wrote on Telegram.
The ministry said the latest violence has brought the death toll since October 7, 2023, to 55,998 and the number of wounded to 131,559. Studies have shown that the Health Ministry’s numbers are a significant undercount, and estimates that factor in indirect deaths caused by the Israeli siege and destruction of all of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure bring the death toll into the hundreds of thousands.
