{"id":1956,"date":"2025-07-27T08:35:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T08:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/07\/27\/israeli-attacks-forced-starvation-kill-more-than-70-palestinians-in-gaza\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T08:35:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T08:35:39","slug":"israeli-attacks-forced-starvation-kill-more-than-70-palestinians-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/07\/27\/israeli-attacks-forced-starvation-kill-more-than-70-palestinians-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli attacks, forced starvation kill more than 70 Palestinians in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Israeli military has killed dozens of people in Gaza<\/a> as the starvation crisis in the territory deepens amid an international outcry, with more Palestinians dying of malnutrition.<\/p>\n

Medical sources told Al Jazeera that Israeli attacks killed at least 71 people across Gaza on Saturday, including 42 desperately seeking aid.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Health in Gaza also said that hospitals have recorded five more deaths due to hunger caused by the Israeli blockade of the enclave, bringing the total death toll from malnutrition<\/a> to 127 since the war began. The victims include 85 children.<\/p>\n

With anger across the world mounting over the crisis<\/a>, Israel announced late on Saturday that it would implement a pause to its assault \u201cin civilian centers and in humanitarian corridors to enable the distribution of aid supply\u201d on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not specify which specific areas would see a \u201chumanitarian pause\u201d.<\/p>\n

The ministry also again blamed the United Nations for failing to distribute assistance in Gaza, a claim that has been rejected by both the UN and multiple aid and rights groups.<\/p>\n

UN officials have said that this Israeli talking point is false, stressing that they have not received the necessary permits to safely distribute aid in the besieged enclave.<\/p>\n

Airdrops\u2019 effect is \u2018equivalent to none\u2019<\/h2>\n

The Israeli military also said it carried out airdrops of international aid over Gaza. The United Arab Emirates, which has close economic and diplomatic ties with Israel, also said it will begin airdropping aid into Gaza \u201cimmediately\u201d.<\/p>\n

But humanitarian experts have been warning since last year that airdrops are dangerous to people on the ground and cannot serve as a substitute for safe land routes to distribute food<\/a> and medical supplies.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Saturday, Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, called airdrops an expensive, inefficient \u201cdistraction\u201d that would \u201cnot reverse the deepening starvation\u201d.<\/p>\n

Lazzarini called for Israel to \u201clift the siege, open the gates [and] guarantee safe movements [and] dignified access to people in need\u201d.<\/p>\n

Reporting from Gaza City, Al Jazeera\u2019s Hani Mahmoud raised questions over the newly announced Israeli steps.<\/p>\n

He said the airdrops\u2019 effect is \u201cequivalent to none\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re talking about only seven pallets of aid filled with flour and other basic necessities. That\u2019s almost the load of one truck, or half of a truck, coming from the crossings into the Gaza Strip,\u201d Mahmoud said.<\/p>\n

He cited witnesses who said the airdrops took place near a restricted military area<\/a> in northern Gaza, making retrieving them in the dark especially difficult.<\/p>\n

Equally, Israel\u2019s plan to allow for so-called \u201chumanitarian pauses\u201d in Gaza starting on Sunday will have no major effect on the starvation crisis, Mahmoud said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAgain, this is not a solution when we talk about passing the tipping point of this enforced starvation, and according to medical sources we spoke to earlier today, they confirmed that at this point we\u2019re going to see mass scale starvation mortality,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

As starvation spreads, Israel has pressed on with its daily bombardment of Gaza.<\/p>\n

At least six people were killed in an Israeli drone attack on a tent camp in al-Mawasi near Khan Younis on Saturday. The area designated as a safe zone by Israel has come under constant deadly attack by its forces.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Civil Defence agency in Gaza says none of its vehicles will be able to offer lifesaving services soon due to disrepair and lack of fuel, calling on the international community to act.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe stress the need for an urgent intervention to pressure the Israeli occupation authorities to allow fuel and repair parts for vehicles to enter,\u201d the Civil Defence said in a statement.<\/p>\n

While some Western countries have made strongly-worded statements against Israel\u2019s policies in Gaza, advocates have been calling for real consequences<\/a> to ensure accountability and deter further Israeli abuses. Punitive sanctions against Israel have been raised as possibilities.<\/p>\n

Handala ship intercepted<\/h2>\n

Shortly after making its airdrops announcement, the Israeli military raided a ship of international activists carrying baby formula, food and medical supplies to Gaza.<\/p>\n

A livestream showed Israeli soldiers boarding and intercepting the Handala vessel <\/a>with 19 activists onboard. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, which organised the aid ship, said the vessel was violently seized in international waters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe unarmed boat was carrying life-saving supplies when it was boarded by Israeli forces, its passengers abducted, and its cargo seized,\u201d the coalition said in a statement. \u201cThe interception occurred in international waters outside Palestinian territorial waters off Gaza, in violation of international maritime law.\u201d<\/p>\n

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#handala<\/a> has been intercepted by the israeli occupation forces pic.twitter.com\/0Mw1gZUNyi<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Freedom Flotilla Coalition (@GazaFFlotilla) July 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It is not clear what will happen to the advocates. Last month, Israel intercepted the Madleen aid ship and towed it to an Israeli boat before detaining the activists, and then interrogating and deporting them.<\/p>\n

Ann Wright, a member of the Freedom Flotilla Steering Committee, called for the protection of the international activists by their home countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cProtect innocent international people who are merely accompanying a small amount of aid \u2013 medical and food \u2013 as a symbol of the international outrage at what Israel is doing,\u201d Wright told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n

The Gaza Government Media Office called the interception of Handala a crime of piracy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis blatant aggression represents a major violation of international law and the rules of maritime navigation, and it shows once more that the [Israeli] occupation acts like a bully outside the authority of the law,\u201d the office said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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