The IDF has killed approximately 67 people waiting for UN supply trucks in northern Gaza. The IDF claims to have fired warning shots to remove an 'immediate threat' and has disputed the deaths.
Another 6 were killed waiting for help in another area in Gaza, and more than 150 injured. The threat of extreme hunger was increasing and a large & growing number of people were arriving at the facilities. They were all in a state of extreme hunger and exhaustion.
via the BBC:
"We warn that hundreds of people whose bodies have wasted away are at risk of imminent death due to hunger," it said. The UN has also said civilians in Gaza are starving and called for an urgent influx of essential goods.
Many of the casualties from northern Gaza were taken to Shifa hospital in Gaza City. The medical director there, Dr Hassan al-Shaer, told BBC Arabic on Sunday the facility had been "overwhelmed" and was directing the wounded to other field hospitals.
Outside the hospital one woman told BBC Arabic that "the whole population is dying".
"Children are dying of hunger because they have nothing to eat. People are surviving on water and salt… just water and salt," she said.
It got so bad that even Pope Leo got involved - after the Catholic Church in Gaza was attacked. On Sunday, Pope Leo XIV called for an "immediate end to the barbarity of the war" and urged against "indiscriminate use of force".
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