Original article by Eloise Goldsmith republished from Common Dreams under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).
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On Sunday, Israel’s prime minister said that Israel will permit a “basic” amount of food aid to enter the Gaza Strip. Israel has imposed a total blockade on humanitarian aid since early March.
Over 140 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed by Israeli strikes since early Sunday as part of a new ground operation launched by Israel, according to Al Jazeera, which cited medical sources.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Sunday it had begun “extensive ground operations throughout northern and southern Gaza as part of Operation ‘Gideon’s Chariots.'”
According to The Associated Press, the offensive is the largest since Israel shattered an eight-week cease-fire in mid-March.
Local health officials report that over 3,000 Palestinians have been killed since that cease-fire ended, and 53,000 people have been killed in Gaza since October 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked Israel, prompting Israel to launch a fierce military campaign on the enclave.
Amid reported Israeli attacks on the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza, the Gaza Health Ministry on Sunday said that all public hospitals in northern Gaza are “out of service.”
Israel has also imposed a complete blockade of humanitarian aid into Gaza in early March, but according to the AP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday his cabinet approved a move to permit a “basic” amount of food into the enclave.
On Sunday morning, the journalist Mehdi Hasan wrote on Bluesky: “135 Palestinians killed in Gaza so far today. Massacre after massacre, day after day. The world does nothing.”
Original article by Eloise Goldsmith republished from Common Dreams under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).
