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Middle East crisis live: Almost 800 people killed in Gaza while trying to get food aid since end of May, says UN – as it happened
Majority of those killed were in the vicinity of sites run by the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
Tom Ambrose (now); Joe Coughlan and Jane Clinton (earlier)/The Guardian
At least 798 killed while trying to receive food aid in Gaza
At least 798 people have been killed while trying to receive food aid in Gaza since the end of May, the UN human rights office said on Friday, Reuters reports.
Of the total number of people killed while receiving food assistance since 27 May, 615 were in the vicinity of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites, a spokesperson for the Office of the high commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) told reporters.
It added that 183 of the total figure were on the routes of aid convoys.
Aid groups say Israeli military restrictions and recurring violence have made it difficult to deliver assistance in Gaza even after Israel eased its 11-week total blockade in May.
Experts have warned the strip is at risk of famine, 21 months into the Israel-Hamas war, the Associated Press (AP) reports.
At least 798 people have been killed while trying to receive food aid in Gaza since the end of May, the UN human rights office said on Friday. Of the total number of people killed while receiving food assistance since 27 May, 615 were in the vicinity of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites, a spokesperson for the Office of the high commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) told reporters.
The number of people killed by strikes in Gaza on Friday has risen to seven, according to the region’s civil defence agency, including five at a school-turned-shelter. “Five martyrs and others injured in an Israeli strike on Halima al-Saadia school, which was sheltering displaced persons in Jabalia al-Nazla, northern Gaza,” the agency said in a brief statement.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has condemned an attack which it claims wounded one of its staff members and a Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) volunteer during a rescue mission in Gaza. The committee said the individuals were injured by gunshots and immediately evacuated to receive treatment. Both are reportedly in a stable condition.
Majority of those killed were in the vicinity of sites run by the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
Tom Ambrose (now); Joe Coughlan and Jane Clinton (earlier)/The Guardian
At least 798 killed while trying to receive food aid in Gaza
At least 798 people have been killed while trying to receive food aid in Gaza since the end of May, the UN human rights office said on Friday, Reuters reports.
Of the total number of people killed while receiving food assistance since 27 May, 615 were in the vicinity of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites, a spokesperson for the Office of the high commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) told reporters.
It added that 183 of the total figure were on the routes of aid convoys.
Aid groups say Israeli military restrictions and recurring violence have made it difficult to deliver assistance in Gaza even after Israel eased its 11-week total blockade in May.
Experts have warned the strip is at risk of famine, 21 months into the Israel-Hamas war, the Associated Press (AP) reports.
At least 798 people have been killed while trying to receive food aid in Gaza since the end of May, the UN human rights office said on Friday. Of the total number of people killed while receiving food assistance since 27 May, 615 were in the vicinity of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites, a spokesperson for the Office of the high commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) told reporters.
The number of people killed by strikes in Gaza on Friday has risen to seven, according to the region’s civil defence agency, including five at a school-turned-shelter. “Five martyrs and others injured in an Israeli strike on Halima al-Saadia school, which was sheltering displaced persons in Jabalia al-Nazla, northern Gaza,” the agency said in a brief statement.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has condemned an attack which it claims wounded one of its staff members and a Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) volunteer during a rescue mission in Gaza. The committee said the individuals were injured by gunshots and immediately evacuated to receive treatment. Both are reportedly in a stable condition.
