Six more people have died in the Gaza Strip from hunger and malnutrition in the last 24 hours, the Palestinian enclave's health ministry announced on Sunday.
The new deaths, according to the ministry, brought the death toll to 175, including 93 children. Egyptian television Al Kahira News reported earlier that two trucks carrying 107 tons of fuel were set to enter Gaza. Gaza's Health Ministry warns that the lack of fuel has severely compromised the functioning of hospitals, meaning doctors can only treat the seriously ill and wounded.
Fuel supplies to the enclave have been scarce since March, when Israel restricted access to goods and humanitarian aid, claiming it was pressuring Hamas militants to release the remaining Israeli hostages they kidnapped on October 7, 2023.
Israel blames Hamas for the suffering in Gaza, but after growing pressure from the international community, it announced steps last week to send aid to the enclave's population, including a cessation of fighting in some parts of the Gaza Strip, authorizing the delivery of aid by air and protecting some routes for humanitarian convoys.
The United Nations warns that delivering aid by air is not enough and that Israel must allow much greater access by ground.
The government media office in Gaza announced on Sunday that since the easing of restrictions in July, nearly 1,600 trucks with aid have entered the enclave.
Witnesses and Hamas sources claim that many of them were looted by armed gangs and starving residents.
Palestinian authorities say at least 40 people were killed in airstrikes across the enclave on Sunday. Among the dead were people trying to reach aid distribution centers, health authorities said.
A Palestinian Red Crescent worker was also killed. The humanitarian organization said the first floor of its headquarters in Khan Yunis was set on fire in an airstrike. (A2 Televizion)
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