At Least 5 Dead in Israeli Airstrike on a School-turned Shelter in Gaza

An Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City on Friday killed at least five civilians, including an 11-year-old boy, according to hospital officials. The bodies were carried through the streets by mourners as relatives cried out in anguish, AP News reports. “Enough!” cried Taraji Adwan, who lost her son and grandson in the strike. “Stop the war! Our children are dying from hunger, from dehydration, from bombings, from fear. Enough, Hamas! Enough, Israel! Enough, world!” Gaza’s Health Ministry reported that approximately 80 people have been killed since Thursday night, most in

An Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City on Friday killed at least five civilians, including an 11-year-old boy, according to hospital officials. The bodies were carried through the streets by mourners as relatives cried out in anguish, AP News reports. “Enough!” cried Taraji Adwan, who lost her son and grandson in the strike. “Stop the war! Our children are dying from hunger, from dehydration, from bombings, from fear. Enough, Hamas! Enough, Israel! Enough, world!” Gaza’s Health Ministry reported that approximately 80 people have been killed since Thursday night, most in airstrikes, with nine others dying while trying to collect aid. The humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues to escalate. Months of stringent Israeli restrictions on food and aid deliveries have pushed the territory closer to famine. Malnutrition-related deaths are on the rise, according to health officials. More than 100 international humanitarian and human rights organizations, along with over two dozen Western-aligned nations, have called for an end to the war and criticized Israel’s blockade and new aid distribution protocols. Even aid workers, they warn, are struggling to secure food. French President Emmanuel Macron added to the growing international pressure, announcing on Thursday that France would recognize a Palestinian state. “The urgent thing today is that the war in Gaza stops and the civilian population is saved,” he declared. In Gaza City, residents queued at charity-run kitchens on Friday, waiting for meager rations of lentil soup. The number of meals distributed daily has plummeted from over a million in April to just 160,000, according to the United Nations. “We’ve lived three months without bread,” said Riham Dwas, a mother of five. “We survive on one pot of lentils, and sometimes not even that. When we can’t find food, I take my children to the hospital just to be put on IV drips.”