At least 50 have been killed, including women and children, with scores injured after Israel carried out midnight bombardments on Gaza after IDF orders Palestinians in the southern city of Khan Younis to flee ahead of an “unprecedented attack.”
The international community, led by the countries of the G7 group, including Canada, France, and the UK, threatens to take “concrete action” against Israel if it does not end its renewed offensive in Gaza, while 22 countries urge Israel to let aid into the besieged enclave.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declined the calls and pledges to press on with the latest offensive, which includes plans for Israel to take control of the whole of Gaza.
Apart from the prominent countries, around 761 aid groups and non-governmental organisations across the globe have signed onto an appeal urging the world to halt the “manufactured famine” in Gaza by breaking the Israeli siege on the enclave and sending in a diplomatic humanitarian convoy through the Rafah crossing.
The call to let aid into Gaza was raised by Palestinian civil society groups on May 12. It gained massive support from international organisations with 300-plus signatories in one day, including Human Rights Watch.
“We urge states to join the humanitarian convoy by dispatching official diplomatic missions — at the highest possible level — to accompany the aid trucks already waiting at the Rafah crossing and to enter Gaza alongside them,” the petition states. “This act is grounded in states’ legal obligations, moral courage, and human solidarity.”
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 53,475 Palestinians and wounded 121,398, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
The Government Media Office updated the death toll to more than 61,700, saying thousands of people missing under the rubble are presumed dead.
An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, and more than 200 were taken captive.
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