Israeli Strike Kills 48 Palestinians Amid Aid Chaos in Gaza
Over 200 Injured as Shelling Hits Aid-Seekers Again, Deepening Gaza’s Humanitarian Crisis Amid Global Silence
By Abdullahi Yusuf
A fresh wave of Israeli shelling has killed at least 48 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip since dawn Monday.
Over 30 civilians were gunned down while waiting at food aid distribution points in central and southern Gaza, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
The ministry reported that more than 200 people were injured in these attacks, including at least 50 in critical condition.
The victims had reportedly gathered near aid centers in areas like Rafah, where civil defense officials say Israeli forces opened fire without provocation near the Al-Alam roundabout.
In a separate incident, an Israeli strike on a residential home along Salah al-Din Street in central Gaza claimed the lives of 11 people and wounded 35 others. Al-Awda Hospital confirmed receiving the bodies, highlighting yet another case of non-combatants caught in lethal bombardment.
The scale of violence against aid-seekers has sparked international outrage. Gaza’s Government Media Office says that since May 27, Israeli forces have killed more than 300 Palestinians and wounded 2,649 at or near food distribution points alone. At least nine individuals remain unaccounted for.
Meanwhile, Gaza’s humanitarian infrastructure continues to collapse.
Telecommunications services went down once again in southern Gaza on Monday due to ongoing Israeli strikes, the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) said. Aid groups warn that the communications blackout severely hampers emergency medical response and rescue efforts.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) issued a scathing appeal on Monday, urging the European Union to act decisively to halt what it termed a “carnage” in Gaza. In an open letter read out by MSF Secretary General Christopher Lockyear, the group implored European leaders to apply all available political, economic, and diplomatic tools to pressure Israel into ceasing hostilities and allowing full humanitarian access.
As pressure mounts globally, tensions are also visible in the wider region. A Tunisian-led solidarity caravan heading toward Gaza was blocked in the Libyan city of Sirte — controlled by eastern forces aligned with Egyptian-backed commander Khalifa Haftar. Thirteen activists participating in the “Soumoud” (Arabic for “resistance”) convoy were arrested, forcing the mission to retreat near Misrata in western Libya.
The death toll in Gaza continues to rise steeply. According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, at least 55,432 Palestinians have been killed and 128,923 wounded since the war began in October 2023.
Israel’s actions in Gaza have drawn mounting legal scrutiny.
In November, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Simultaneously, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is weighing a genocide case against Israel, filed by South Africa.
Despite mounting evidence and appeals from humanitarian organizations, there is little indication that Israel’s military campaign — or the targeting of aid distribution points — will ease.
With critical infrastructure on the brink of collapse, access to food, water, and medicine increasingly blocked, and global diplomacy failing to intervene decisively, Gaza’s civilian population continues to bear the brunt of an unrelenting assault.
As one civil defense official in Rafah said grimly: “We come to distribute aid — but instead, we collect the dead.”
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