23 h. ago The Guardian view on annihilation in Gaza: the deaths mount, but the pressure has ebbed | Editorial

Israel’s attack on Iran overshadowed the ongoing carnage. Its allies are complicit in the horror; they must instead help to build a future for Palestinians“We cannot be asking civilians to go into a combat zone so that then they can be killed with the justification that they are in a combat zone.” It defies belief that the Unicef spokesperson, James Elder, should have needed to spell that out this week. And yet each day Palestinians continue to be killed while attempting to collect aid for their families from food hubs in Gaza, forced to make a lethal choice between risking being shot and letting their families slowly starve. More than 500 have died around the centres since the system was introduced – yet, with attention fixed on Israel’s attacks on Iran, there has been little to spare for recent deaths.The Israeli military has given shifting accounts of events. But soldiers told the newspaper Haaretz that commanders ordered troops to shoot at crowds that posed no threat. The Israel...

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4 d. ago Israel 'kills at least 25 people waiting for aid' in Gaza as 'tanks and drones spark massacre'

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers and drones opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza, killing at least 25 people, Palestinian witnesses and hospitals said

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4 d. ago Israeli forces fire on people waiting for aid in Gaza, killing 25, witnesses and hospitals say

Palestinian witnesses say Israeli forces and drones opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza

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8 d. ago Unicef warns children could die of thirst in Gaza amid collapse of water systems

Fears grow of drought as well as hunger as medics report more killings by Israeli forces of Palestinians seeking aidMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe collapse of water systems in Gaza is threatening the territory with devastating drought as well as hunger, Unicef has warned, as medics reported that Israel had killed more desperate Palestinians seeking aid.On Friday at least 24 people waiting for aid were killed by Israeli fire in central Gaza, according to local health authorities, in addition to other deaths by airstrikes. Continue reading...

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1 week ago At least 15 Palestinians shot dead after new flashpoint near Gaza aid distribution centre

Medics at Al-Awda and Al-Aqsa hospitals said the victims were approaching the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) yesterday when they were shot.

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2 w. ago Israeli fire kills 41 in Gaza with many deaths near aid centre

The United Nations said the blockade brought the Palestinian enclave to the brink of famine and that food supplies remain critically low

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2 w. ago Israel orders military to stop Greta Thunberg’s boat as six killed by gunfire near aid centre

Climate campaigner Thunberg joined the Madleen’s crew to ‘challenge escalating war crimes’

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3 w. ago Gaza ‘worse than hell on earth’ Red Cross boss warns as Israel closes aid centre

At least 58 Palestinians have reportedly been killed near the four Gaza Humanitarian Foundation centres

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3 w. ago Israel warns Palestinians against travel on roads to Gaza aid hubs, labelling them ‘combat zones’

An IDF spokesperson said roads to the distribution centres set up by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation were ‘prohibited’ for PalestiniansIsrael’s military has warned residents of Gaza against travel in areas leading to aid distribution centres, after at least 27 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire as they waited for food at the points set up by the US-backed foundation.An Israeli military spokesperson on Tuesday said roads leading to the distribution centres set up by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) were considered “combat zones”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Aid distribution centres in Gaza to close following Palestinian deaths

US-backed group temporarily shuts hubs after health ministry in the strip says Israeli soldiers killed 27 Gazans

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3 w. ago At least 27 Palestinians killed in third day of Israeli gunfire near Gaza aid centre

UN demands investigation and says attacks on hungry civilians seeking aid are ‘unconscionable’

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3 w. ago At least 27 Palestinians reported killed in third day of Israeli gunfire near Gaza aid centre

Israeli military says it fired warning shots on Monday towards ‘several suspects who advanced toward the troops and posed a threat to them’

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3 w. ago Israel military says it fired ‘warning shots’ after 27 Palestinians killed near Gaza aid centre

Israeli military says it fired warning shots towards ‘several suspects who advanced toward the troops and posed a threat to them’

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3 w. ago At least 31 people in Gaza 'killed in Israeli attack' near aid distribution site

The Palestinian health ministry, run by Hamas, claimed 31 people had been killed by Israelis near an aid centre, but there are conflicting reports over the numbers and causes of the deaths

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3 w. ago Israeli attack on Palestinians near Gaza aid distribution centre kills at least 31, officials say

Israel accused of opening fire from tanks on starving Palestinians attempting to reach aid distribution site

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3 w. ago Israeli attack on Palestinians near Gaza aid distribution centre kills at least 30, officials say

Israel accused of opening fire on starving Palestinians attempting to reach aid distribution site

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4 w. ago Starving Palestinians, gunfire and deadly stampede: Horror in Gaza as Israel’s aid plan descends into chaos

Israel Defense Forces admits to firing warning shots at food distribution sites in war-ravaged Gaza as the Israeli government approves 22 new illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. Nedal Hamdouna from Gaza and Bel Trew report on the growing crisis

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