GAZA: Israeli attacks in Gaza have killed at least 55 people, including a journalist, in the past 24 hours, media reported on Thursday.
At least 23 people were killed in a wave of Israeli airstrikes on the central Gaza area of Bureij. Another 10 Palestinians were killed while seeking aid from a controversial US-backed organisation, Gaza’s health ministry confirmed.
Casualties were transported to Al-Awda and Al-Aqsa hospitals. Medical staff said they spent at least 30 minutes retrieving victims from the site.
In a statement, the Government Media Office said Israeli forces “opened direct fire on hungry Pales-tinian civilians who had gathered to receive aid” at a distribution site, injuring at least 62 people, media reported.
Separately, the Gaza Journalists Syndicate said that Palestinian journalist Moataz Raja was “assassinat-ed” by the Israeli army while covering the war on Gaza. The syndicate reported that an Israeli aircraft targeted the civilian vehicle Raja was travelling in on al-Nafaq Street in Gaza City, killing him instantly.
According to the syndicate, at least 221 journalists have been killed in Gaza since October 7, 2023. Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations, said Israel was using “aid as a weapon of war”. –Agencies
