GAZA, (Palestine Foundation Information Center) Hamas’s senior official Osama Hamdan said on Monday that the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks on those seeking aid in Gaza has reached 1,487 martyrs, in addition to more than 10,000 injured, as part of Israel’s deliberate starvation policy against the population.
In press remarks, Hamdan said that 96% of families in Gaza are now suffering from food insecurity, reflecting the severity of the humanitarian crisis.
He added that the situation has become catastrophic amid acute shortages of infant formula and essential medical supplies needed to address hunger and malnutrition.
Hamdan revealed that 22,000 aid trucks remain stranded at border crossings, with Israeli authorities deliberately preventing their entry, further worsening the suffering of Gaza’s besieged population.
He stressed that these practices are part of a clear Israeli policy aimed at subjugating the population through starvation.
Hamdan called on the international community to urgently intervene to end this escalating humanitarian disaster.
Since 7 October 2023, Israel, with full US support, has waged a genocidal war on Gaza involving mass killings, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement, in defiance of international appeals and binding orders from the International Court of Justice to halt its campaign.
This genocide has resulted in over 209,000 Palestinians killed or wounded, the majority of them children and women, along with more than 9,000 missing, hundreds of thousands displaced, famine claiming countless lives, mostly children, and widespread destruction that has wiped out much of Gaza’s cities and infrastructure.
