- Israeli forces continue to pound Gaza, killing four people in two separate air raids on the so-called “safe zone” of al-Mawasi, as rescue efforts continue following another attack that killed at least seven others in the same area.
- The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees decried Israel’s “escalation” in Gaza over the past 24 hours, noting attacks on schools an
- We have some more comments from our interview with Bushra Khalidi, Oxfam’s policy lead in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Khalidi said Israel, an occupying power, has obligations that include protecting and providing for the occupied Palestinian people.
“It’s not enough for you to allow aid to be dropped at the gates of the Gaza prison and not make sure that the aid gets to the communities safely. It is Israel’s obligation to make sure that all the crossings are open and safe for passage,” she said.
“After 14 months of relentless bombardment and starvation of the entire population, some people are acting out of desperation and there’s absolute chaos in Gaza right now.”
Khalidi said families are rummaging through rubbish for scraps of food and boiling leaves in order to survive. She added that parents skip days of meals so that their children can eat, stressing that the entire Gaza Strip faces acute malnutrition and is on the brink of starvation, and that there are pockets of famine, especially in areas in the north.