Daijiworld Media Network - Gaza
Gaza, May 10: Israeli airstrikes killed seven Palestinians, including three children, in fresh attacks across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, deepening an already dire humanitarian crisis worsened by an ongoing blockade.
According to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, five members of the Tlaib family including three children and their parents were killed in an Israeli airstrike that hit their tent in Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood. “They were sleeping peacefully when the tent was bombed without warning,” said Omar Abu al-Kass, the children’s grandfather.
In separate incidents, a drone strike killed one person in Tuffah neighbourhood, while Israeli naval fire off Rafah’s coast claimed the life of Mohammed Saeed al-Bardawil. Two others were injured in an attack on the al-Mawasi humanitarian zone.
Gaza’s Health Ministry reported that in the past 24 hours alone, 23 people have been killed and over 120 injured in Israeli attacks.
The latest violence comes amid Israel’s blockade on aid supplies since March 2, leaving Gaza’s 2.3 million residents reliant on dwindling charity kitchens. Most bakeries have shut down, and food aid distribution has nearly ceased, said Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary, who described the conditions as "catastrophic."
“Children are dying of malnutrition,” she said. “It’s not just food there’s no fuel, no cooking gas, no medical supplies.”
The blockade is also crippling healthcare access. Doctors report that patients with treatable conditions like diabetes and cancer are dying due to lack of medication. “This is not just a failure of logistics, but a failure of humanity,” said one Gaza doctor.
Pharmacies across northern Gaza have run out of critical drugs. “Diseases like multiple sclerosis and hepatitis now go largely untreated,” pharmacist Rana Alsamak said.
The U.N. has called for an immediate lifting of the blockade, warning that “children are starving and clean water is running out.” Meanwhile, a US proposed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has been criticised by the U.N. for potentially violating neutrality and risking mass displacement.