At least 85 Palestinians have killed while trying to reach Aid in Gaza, say the managers

At least 85 Palestinians were killed while trying to reach aid in Gaza locations on Sunday, the Ministry of Health managed by Hamas said in one of the deadliest days to date for seekers of assistance In more than 21 months of war.

There was a new alarm because the soldiers of Israel issued evacuation orders for the central Gaza areas, one of the few areas where there are rarely with ground troops and where many international organizations are found to distribute aid.

The largest toll was in the north of Gaza, where at least 67 Palestinians were killed while trying to reach the aid of the Zikim crossing with Israel, according to the Ministry of Health and Local Hospitals. The World Food of the United Nations program said that 25 trucks with aid had entered “hungry communities” when it encountered massive crowds that have been shot. He called violence against “completely unacceptable” help seekers.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, an organization based in the United States which distributed aid in the territory, said on Sunday in a statement that its workers were “deeply saddened by information that more than 30 people were killed while humanitarian efforts were killed while humanitarian efforts are confronted with violence in the climbing of Zikim in northern Gaza.” The Foundation said it has distributed 31,968 help boxes throughout the day on two distribution sites.

Some witnesses said that the army of Israel had shot the crowd in the passage of Zikim. Israeli defense forces said that they “had shot warning in order to suppress an immediate threat.”

“Suddenly, the tanks surrounded us and trapped us while shots and strikes were raining. We have been trapped for about two hours,” said Ehab al-Zei, who was expecting flour. “I will never go back again. Moyons of hunger, that’s better.”

Nafiz al-Najjar, who was injured, said that tanks and drones were targeting people “at random” and he saw his cousin and others drawn.

The soldiers of Israel said that soldiers had shot thousands of Palestinians in the north of Gaza who were threatening, and he was aware of certain victims. But he said that the figures reported by Gaza officials were much higher than his initial investigation.

The army said it was trying to facilitate the entry of the aid and accused Hamas activists to create chaos and endanger civilians.

More than 150 people were injured overall, some in critical condition, hospitals said. In addition, seven Palestinians were killed while they took shelter in Khan Younis tents in the South, including a 5 -year -old boy, according to the Kuwait Specialized Field Hospital, who made the victims.

The northern killings of Gaza did not take place near the aid distribution points associated with the recently created Gaza Humanitarian Gaza, a group supported by the United States and Israel. Health witnesses and agents say hundreds of people have been killed by Israeli fires while trying to access the group’s help distribution sites.

The new evacuation orders have reduced access between the central city of Deir al-Balah and the southern cities of Rafah and Khan Younis in the narrow territory. The soldiers also reiterated the evacuation orders for the north of Gaza.

The United Nations were in contact with the Israeli authorities to clarify whether the UN installations in the southwest part of Deir al-Balah are included in the evacuation order, according to a UN official who spoke under the cover of anonymity because he was not allowed to speak to the media. The official said that in previous cases, United Nations facilities had been spared evacuation orders.

The last order covers an area which extends from an area previously evacuated to the Mediterranean coast and will seriously hinder the movement for aid groups and civilians in Gaza.

Military spokesperson Avichay Adraee called on people to head to the Muwasi region, a desolate tent camp on the southern coast of Gaza that the Israeli soldiers have appointed a humanitarian area.

The announcement came while Israel and Hamas held the cease-fire talks in Qatar, but international mediators say that there was no breakthrough. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on several occasions that the expansion of Israel’s military operations in Gaza will pressure negotiations.

Also Sunday, Pope Leo XIV reiterated his call to An immediate ceasefireexhorting the international community to respect international laws and protect civilians following An Israeli attack On the Catholic church of Gaza alone last week, which killed three people and injured 10 others, including the priest.

Earlier this month, the Israeli army said it controlled more than 65% Gaza.

The population of Gaza of more than 2 million Palestinians is in a catastrophic humanitarian crisis, which is now largely based on limited aid authorized in the territory. Many people have been moved several times.

Hamas sparked the war when activists burst into southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people and taking 251 others hostage. Most hostages or their remains have been released by various offers, while 50 remain in Gaza, but less than half are considered alive.

The military offensive of Israel killed more than 58,800 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, which does not say how many activists have been killed, but says that more than half of the dead have been women and children. The ministry is part of the government of Hamas, but the UN and other international organizations consider it the most reliable data on the victims.

The Family Forum of Hostages, a basic organization that represents many hostage families, condemned the new evacuation announcement and demanded that Netanyahu and the soldiers of Israel explain what they hope to accomplish in the center of Gaza, accusing Israel of operating without a clear plan.

“Enough! The Israeli people are massively the end of the fighting and a complete agreement that will send all the hostages,” said the forum. On Saturday evening, during a weekly demonstration, tens of thousands of people paraded in Tel Aviv to the branch of the American Embassy, asking for the end of the war.

Ambulances in front of three major Gaza hospitals resounded that Sunday morning of their alarms in an urgent call as the hunger crisis develops. The Ministry of Health has published photos on the social networks of doctors who hold signs on children with malnutrition and the lack of medication.

A ministry spokesman Zaher al-Wahidi said that at least nine children under the age of 5 had died in malnutrition since Israel imposed a blockade at the entrance to the aid in March. The blockade was partially attenuated in May.

He said that monitoring the deaths of malnutrition is difficult because some people may suffer from other medical conditions that may be aggravated by serious hunger.

In northern Gaza, the director of the Shifa hospital, Abu Selmiyah, said the hospital had recorded 79 people who died in malnutrition in the last month.