Israel kills 50 in Gaza as fuel shortages threaten 3 key hospitals
The Israeli military has bombed the Abu Kharouf family home in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, killing two people.
The UN’s humanitarian agency (OCHA) says the death of a Palestinian aid worker who was wounded in an Israeli air attack on a World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse on January 5 has taken the number of humanitarian workers killed in Israel’s bombardment on Gaza to 369, the figure includes 263 UNRWA staff.
OCHA, in its weekly update on Gaza, noted that Israeli forces also fired 16 bullets at a clearly marked WFP convoy on January 5, although no injuries were reported.
It also highlighted a statement from Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF, in which the group said eight of its staff had been killed in the Israeli war. But MSF said it is “yet to receive accountability or admission of responsibility for the killing, maiming, or dehumanisation of [its] staff and patients”.
The UN’s humanitarian agency, in its weekly update, noted that an eighth infant has died in Gaza due to the cold, but says child protection agencies in the enclave are facing “severe challenges” in bringing in winter clothing kits for children.
“These include delays in approvals by the Israeli authorities, complex procedures and customs clearance processes in Jordan, Egypt and Israel, and armed looting of aid supplies,” it said.
“For instance, for over a month, about 13,000 children’s clothing kits have been awaiting entry into Gaza from the West Bank and more than 11,000 children’s clothing kits have already been lost due to looting […] As a result, only 19,000 children’s clothing kits out of a total of 220,000 procured kits have so far entered Gaza,” it said.
These were given to vulnerable children, including newborn babies in hospitals and children in residential care, it added.
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