Over 100 Palestinians killed in a day as aid becomes synonymous with death
Israel launches war crime probe into military orders as civilians shot while seeking food; humanitarian crisis deepens amid mounting global outrage
GAZA, Palestine (MNTV) — Israeli attacks have killed at least 103 Palestinians across the besieged territory within 24 hours, hospital sources reported on Friday.
The strikes, which hit homes, markets, schools, and aid distribution sites, have deepened an already catastrophic humanitarian crisis and triggered new international condemnation.
The violence unfolded amid fresh allegations that Israeli troops have been deliberately targeting civilians at food aid distribution points.
Israeli soldiers, speaking to Haaretz, described the aid areas as “killing fields,” where they were ordered to fire on unarmed Palestinians waiting for basic supplies. In response, Israel’s military announced it had opened a war crime investigation into these deadly operations.
The inquiry will examine whether troops acted on direct orders to use lethal force against civilians, with preliminary findings expected to fuel global calls for accountability.
The carnage on Friday was widespread.
In northern Gaza’s Jabalia, five people were killed when a home was bombed, and nine more perished in two airstrikes on Gaza Old Street and the Halabi intersection.
A drone strike in Gaza City’s al-Zeitoun neighborhood killed four, while nine displaced people sheltering at a school in Sheikh Radwan died in yet another strike.
Central Gaza’s Deir al-Balah saw the worst, with 18 Palestinians killed and many more wounded as a drone targeted a crowded market. Elsewhere, civilians waiting for humanitarian aid at the Netzarim corridor and other locations were shot dead.
Artillery and airstrikes also hit the Al-Bureij refugee camp, Khan Younis, and Rafah, killing dozens, including two young girls sheltering in a family tent.
Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said that since October, Israel’s war has killed at least 56,331 people and wounded more than 132,000. But the toll extends beyond the bombs and bullets.
Today, doctors at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis confirmed the deaths of two infants from malnutrition and the lack of baby formula—a grim marker of a siege that has blocked critical food and medical supplies. Their parents, devastated, said their babies could have been saved had the necessary care reached them in time.
The situation around food aid has become especially grim. Gaza’s Government Media Office said at least 549 Palestinians have been killed in the past month while trying to access humanitarian supplies, with over 4,000 more wounded.
The so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid scheme, coordinated by Israeli and US authorities, was condemned on Friday by Doctors Without Borders as “slaughter masquerading as humanitarian aid.” The group demanded the immediate dismantling of the operation, saying it forces desperate civilians into deadly traps.
As scenes of destruction and desperation in Gaza dominate global headlines, the occupied West Bank is also reeling. Israeli forces continue near-daily raids on refugee camps in Tulkarm and Nour Shams, demolishing homes and infrastructure in what rights groups have described as collective punishment.
The offensive has persisted for over 150 days in Tulkarm alone.
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