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Shafaq News – Gaza
73 Palestinians died on Sunday while
waiting for aid trucks in Gaza, according to the Health Ministry, as
calls intensified to lift Israel’s blockade and reassess the role of the
US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
The ministry confirmed over 150
injuries—many critical—during the rush for food, with 18 starvation deaths in
the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 86 since the war began, including 76
children. It placed the overall toll from Israeli attacks at 58,895 killed and
140,980 wounded.
#فيديو| مشاهد مؤلمة تتوالى من غزة.. السكان يسقطون أرضاً من شدة الجوع وسط حصار خانق وعدوان مستمر من قوات الاحتلال.#غزه_تموت_جوعاً pic.twitter.com/SxOxUdUKu0
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) July 20, 2025
Footage aired by local media showed
emaciated residents collapsing near aid trucks and bodies being transported
instead of food. “They went out hungry and died hungry,” one resident told
reporters.
#شاهد | مسن فلسطيني يسقط من شدة الجوع أثناء انتظاره للحصول على وجبة طعام في غزة . pic.twitter.com/kulERyPYXP
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) July 20, 2025
The growing number of starvation deaths has
drawn mounting condemnation and urgent appeals to end the siege. In a joint
statement, Palestinian factions accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu’s government of waging a “deliberate war of starvation” aimed at forcing
mass displacement. “This is a systematic campaign of extermination,” the
statement charged, describing the siege as a violation of international
humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions.
#شاهد| رجل في غزة يبحث مع أطفاله في حاوية قمامة عن طعام يسد جوعهم..#غزه_تموت_جوعاً pic.twitter.com/uhH78IUj2o
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) July 20, 2025
The factions also pointed to the role of
the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which took over aid coordination in May.
Since then, multiple aid distribution sites have come under fire, with nearly
1,000 Palestinians reportedly killed while trying to access food. Critics argue
that aid is no longer being delivered safely and that its control has become
part of the crisis, not the solution.
Meanwhile, the Euro-Mediterranean Human
Rights Monitor documented 42 cases of severe malnutrition within just six hours,
mostly involving children, elderly, and pregnant women. The group described the
situation as “suffocating starvation policy against over 2 million Palestinians,”
calling on the organization to halt its operations over its “role in killing.”
New attack reaffirms Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s role in killing and starvation, underscores need to stop its operationshttps://t.co/9b3BvhA70T
— Euro-Med Monitor (@EuroMedHR) July 20, 2025
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency
(UNRWA) warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis, referring to the
conditions as a “manmade” famine. The agency confirmed it has been banned from
delivering food into Gaza for over four months, despite having the capacity to
distribute aid safely and at scale. “People are going without meals for days.
Prices have soared more than 4,000 percent. One million children are among
those starving,” the agency warned.
In #Gaza, people are being starved.Families can’t find flour.People are going without meals for days.Prices have increased by over 4,000 %.The Israeli Authorities have banned 🛑UNRWA from bringing food into Gaza for over 4 months.This is a manmade and politically… pic.twitter.com/HkV7xEWAnJ
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) July 20, 2025
While demanding that Israel lift the siege
and allow full humanitarian access, it dismissed the Israeli-American aid
distribution effort as ineffective. “The current distribution of food by the
Israeli-American so-called ‘Gaza Humanitarian Fund’ does not work,” the agency
stated.
People can’t find food in #Gaza to feed their families.The current distribution of food by the Israeli-American so-called “Gaza Humanitarian Fund” does not work.During the ceasefire, the UN including UNRWA proved it can provide food safely and at scale across the Gaza Strip.… pic.twitter.com/D3uki93YVQ
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) July 20, 2025
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