Israeli attacks kill at least 16 as Gaza blockade accelerates starvation
Al Jazeera
Early-morning Israeli strikes were scattered across Gaza, hitting Jabalia, Khan Younis and Deir el-Balah.
Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed at least 16 people as its more than two-month blockade of the besieged and bombarded enclave has caused acute food shortages, accelerating starvation of the Palestinian population.
The Israeli attacks were scattered across Gaza on Wednesday, with three people killed and several wounded in a strike on a house in Jabalia, north of Gaza, and eight killed in a strike on a home in Khan Younis city in the south.
Another three people were killed, including a child, after a tent shelter was hit in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip. A wife and husband were also killed when a house was hit in Bani Suheila village, east of the Strip.
The attacks come as Gaza’s civil defence agency said on Tuesday night that 31 people had been killed and dozens wounded after an Israeli attack on a school sheltering displaced people in the Bureij refugee camp in the central Strip.
The intensified attacks are compounded by an Israeli blockade on essential supplies since March 2, leaving the enclave deprived of food and fuel items, alongside a worsening shortage of flour. Aid groups have said food supplies are close to total depletion.
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