GAZA, (Palestine Foundation Information Center) Five Palestinians were killed and dozens injured on Wednesday evening after Israeli occupation forces opened fire on civilians waiting for aid near “Zikim” checkpoint in the northwest of Gaza City.
Emergency and ambulance services confirmed the killing of five Palestinians and the injury of 58 others in northern Gaza after the Israeli army opened fire on hundreds of aid seekers.
Hospital sources in Gaza documented that a total of 77 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire since dawn on Wednesday, including 25 aid seekers.
Israeli violations against civilians at aid distribution areas have escalated sharply, turning these gathering points into recurring targets in recent weeks. Human rights organizations have described this pattern as a “deliberate policy of starvation and collective humiliation.”
The total number of Palestinians killed at Israeli-American aid distribution centers in Gaza has now risen to 995 martyrs, with over 6,011 wounded and 45 missing, all of them starving civilians in search of food amid the siege and famine.
Later on Wednesday, the Israeli occupation committed another massacre by targeting a group of Palestinians at the entrance to 20th Street in Al-Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, killing eight more civilians and injuring others to varying degrees.
The PIC correspondent reported that ambulance crews rushed to rescue the wounded under intense bombardment and the ongoing presence of Israeli drones.
This massacre occurred amid continued and intense Israeli escalation. Medical sources in Gaza hospitals reported that 56 people were killed since dawn in a series of airstrikes across various parts of the Gaza Strip, adding more pages to the open record of genocide against the Palestinian people.
Since October 7, 2023, and with full US backing, Israel has carried out a genocidal campaign in Gaza, involving mass killings, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement, ignoring international appeals and defying orders from the International Court of Justice to cease its actions.
The genocide has resulted in over 202,000 Palestinians killed or wounded, most of them women and children, more than 11,000 missing, hundreds of thousands displaced, widespread famine that has claimed the lives of many, including children, and massive destruction.
