At least 41 Palestinians were killed on Sunday in Israeli military and air force strikes across the Gaza Strip, according to Gaza’s health authorities. Among the dead, at least five were killed near a U.S.-backed aid center run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Reuters reports.Doctors at Al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza said three people were shot dead near a GHF site close to the Netzarim corridor, and many others were injured. Two more were killed on the way to an aid center in the southern area of Rafah.In Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, an Israeli airstrike killed seven people, medical workers confirmed. In the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, an airstrike on a home killed eleven. Others were killed in separate attacks across southern Gaza.The Israeli military has not yet commented on these strikes.GHF began distributing food in Gaza in late May, following nearly three months of a complete Israeli blockade. Since then, hundreds have died while trying to access aid under this new distribution system. Gaza’s Ministry of Health stated that at least 300 people have been killed and over 2,600 injured near aid centers since GHF operations began.Dr. Munir Al-Bursh, Director General of the Gaza Health Ministry, said:> “This is not aid—this is an attempt to trap impoverished and starving people. Warplanes of the occupying forces are watching every step.”He wrote on social media platform X:“Where there are bullets, there is no aid—only humiliation.”The United Nations has criticized the new aid delivery system, developed with Israel and its allies, as dangerous, a violation of humanitarian neutrality, and wholly inadequate in meeting needs.Meanwhile, Israel’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) stated on Sunday evening that it had allowed 292 aid trucks to enter Gaza in the past week, carrying food and flour. They emphasized that the military ensures aid does not fall into Hamas’s hands.Hamas, however, denies this claim and accuses Israel of using starvation as a weapon against the people of Gaza.This war began on October 7, 2023, when Hamas-led fighters crossed into Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. Israel described it as the deadliest day in its history.Since then, more than 55,000 Palestinians—mostly civilians—have been killed in Israeli attacks. Over two million people in Gaza now face an acute humanitarian crisis, with widespread displacement and malnutrition.
