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US-Israeli Gaza genocide

The Israeli military presses ahead with its genocidal campaign across the Gaza Strip, slaughtering more Palestinian civilians in its latest air and artillery attacks. In one of the latest strikes, several people were killed and a number of others injured after Israeli warplanes bombed a Palestinian home in al-Karama area, northwest of Gaza City. Israel’s artillery fire targeted a group of citizens in the Tuffah neighborhood of the city, killing three of them. Elsewhere in Gaza City, one civilian was killed after Israeli jets struck the al-Zaytoun neighborhood. An earlier attack on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in the al-Daraj neighborhood claimed the lives of nearly 40 people, half of them children. In Jabalia, northern Gaza, around a dozen Palestinians were killed in a number of air and drone attacks. According to Gaza officials, the death toll from the US-Israeli genocide since October 2023 is approaching 54,000, with nearly 123,000 others injured.

Gaza health crisis

The World Health Organization has sounded the alarm about Gaza’s worsening health crisis. The world body warned that most supplies of medical equipment have run out in Gaza after months of Israeli blockade. WHO said nearly two-thirds of medical equipment stocks have been depleted, along with almost half of basic medicines and over 40 percent of vaccines. The agency added that basic medications such as antibiotics, painkillers and drugs for chronic diseases are in short supply. Doctors in Gaza are also operating on patients without anesthetics as they are no longer available. According to WHO, more than 50 aid trucks are stranded at Gaza’s crossings, unable to deliver lifesaving supplies due to the Israeli siege of the territory. WHO also confirmed that it would not take part in a US-backed Israeli plan to distribute aid in Gaza, saying the plan is not impartial and could cause further displacement of civilians, exposing thousands to harm.

Onslaught on Gaza

A new UN report has revealed that 95-percent of Gaza’s agricultural land has been rendered unusable as a result of Israel’s relentless bombardments. The report, released by the Food and Agriculture Organization, said less than five percent of Gaza’s farmlands remain cultivatable, compared to the levels before the start of the Israeli genocide. The FAO added that the destruction of agricultural land due to incessant Israeli attacks, has severely worsened food insecurity in Gaza, while increasing the risk of famine. It warned that the destruction of Gaza’s infrastructure by Israel has led to the collapse of Gaza’s agri-food system, which is the main lifeline for its population. According to the FAO, over two-thirds of agricultural wells no longer function, causing a severe shortage of irrigation water. The report called for a ceasefire in Gaza to address the territory’s catastrophic food crisis through the delivery of emergency aid.

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