GMO: 110 Gaza aid seekers killed, 583 others injured in recent Israeli attacks
Gaza’s Government Media Office (GMO) said on Friday that at least 110 Palestinians had been martyred recently by Israeli gunfire while trying to get desperately needed food and other assistance at the US-backed aid distribution points in the war-ravaged coastal enclave.
Since May 27, 583 aid seekers have also been injured and nine others have been reported missing following Israeli attacks, according to GMO.
Those aid seekers were trying to obtain food from the US-backed “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation” (GHF) at its distribution points in Gaza.
Here is a detailed look at the casualties:
May 27: Three martyred, 46 injured, and seven missing in Rafah
May 28: 10 martyred and 62 injured in Rafah
June 1: 35 martyred and 200 injured in Rafah; one killed, 32 injured, and two missing at the Wadi Gaza Bridge
June 2: 26 martyred and 92 injured in Rafah
June 3: 27 martyred and 90 injured in Rafah
June 6: Eight martyred and 61 injured in Rafah
Noah Sylvia, a research analyst at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in the UK, has written that the Israeli policy of starvation should instead be viewed as “a logical conclusion of a campaign aimed at the destruction of life in the Strip.”
The Israeli army “has attempted to destroy every facet of life in Gaza, from eradicating infrastructure to mass killings of Palestinians”, Sylvia explained, and as a result, “starving a population is but a natural extension” of those efforts.
In a commentary piece published on the RUSI website, he said that, “unless the international community takes meaningful action against Israel, there is no reason to expect that either this violence or the starvation of two million people will end.”
“The next steps are clear: governments must immediately suspend all arms sales, military aid, and military cooperation with Israel, impose sanctions, and support the international legal mechanisms investigating these atrocities,” he added.
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