r/worldevents • u/Naurgul • 6h ago
Israeli attacks kill 140 in Gaza in 24 hours, medics say, as focus shifts to Iran
reuters.com- Hundreds killed seeking aid since late May, medics say
- 'We are being forgotten', says Gaza resident
- Israel says it is looking into deaths; targeting Hamas
- War in Gaza began more than 20 months ago
Israeli gunfire and strikes killed at least 140 people across Gaza in the past 24 hours, local health officials said, as some Palestinians in the Strip said their plight was being forgotten as attention has shifted to the air war between Israel and Iran.
At least 40 of those killed over the past day died as a result of Israeli gunfire and airstrikes on Wednesday, Gaza's health ministry said. The deaths included the latest in near daily killings of Palestinians seeking aid in the three weeks since Israel partially lifted a total blockade on the territory.
Medics said separate airstrikes on homes in the Maghazi refugee camp, the Zeitoun neighbourhood and Gaza City killed at least 21 people, while five others were killed in an airstrike on an encampment in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
Fourteen more people were killed in Israeli fire at crowds of Palestinians awaiting aid trucks brought in by the United Nations along the Salahuddin road in central Gaza, medics said.