Aid lines continue turning killing zones, 75 Palestinians killed in Gaza
Shelters, aid queues and phone-charging stations hit in fresh Israeli bombardment across Gaza; drone and air strikes claim dozens of civilian lives
GAZA, PALESTINE (MNTV) — At least 75 Palestinians were killed and over 220 injured in a fresh wave of Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and Thursday.
The dead included children, women, and displaced civilians desperately queuing for food, water, and phone charging.
The bloodiest incident occurred on Salah al-Din Street near the Netzarim Corridor in central Gaza, where 29 people were killed and over 100 wounded while waiting for aid trucks, according to medical sources.
This marks yet another massacre in a growing pattern of attacks targeting Palestinians in food lines.
In southern Gaza, eight civilians, including a woman and two children, were killed in strikes on tents of displaced people in the al-Mawasi camp, and ten more, including a husband, wife, and children, died in the Maghazi refugee camp in the centre.
A drone strike on a mobile charging tent near the Shati refugee camp killed 15 people, most of them women and children, said health officials. The victims were reportedly trying to recharge their phones — one of the few means of contacting loved ones or relief workers.
Meanwhile, five civilians lost their lives in a strike on an internet distribution point in Tel al-Hawa, and a further drone strike in the Al-Mukhabarat neighbourhood left one dead and several wounded.
Air raids and drone attacks continued through the night. A helicopter gunship strike on an apartment building in central Gaza killed three more, and five bodies were pulled from the rubble in the Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood, following an earlier air strike.
On Thursday morning, Israeli forces targeted a crowd of people waiting for humanitarian aid between Khan Younis and Rafah, killing at least six and injuring 20 others, according to medics.
The Palestinian Government Media Office reports that since May 27, at least 300 Palestinians have been killed and 2,649 injured while trying to access humanitarian aid at distribution points — often the only sources of food or basic supplies amid the siege.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said that the total death toll in Gaza since October 2023 has now surpassed 55,706, with over 130,101 wounded, amid relentless Israeli attacks on civilian areas.
The continued assaults come despite international legal proceedings against Israel.
In November 2024, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. Israel is also facing a genocide case at the International Court of Justice.
The Israeli military has repeatedly said its strikes are targeting Hamas infrastructure, but growing evidence — including video footage, eyewitness testimony, and hospital records — points to repeated indiscriminate attacks on civilian gatherings, particularly near aid points, schools, medical centres, and refugee shelters.
For the people of Gaza, the daily search for food, water, and a power source has now become a matter of life and death. Aid lines — once lifelines — have become killing zones.
The international community continues to voice concern, but on the ground, the death toll keeps rising.
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