Israeli strikes kill 36 in Gaza, including a mother and newborn, as more aid is allowed in
By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY DEIR AL-BALAH Gaza Strip AP Israeli strikes killed at least Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Monday including a pregnant woman and her newborn local wellness personnel announced Israel meanwhile eased particular aid restrictions as it came under mounting pressure over the spiraling hunger dilemma in the war-ravaged territory Israel publicized Sunday that the military would pause operations in Gaza City Deir al-Balah and Muwasi for hours a day until further notice to allow for the improved flow of aid and designate secure routes for aid delivery Aid agencies have welcomed the new measures but say they are not enough to counter worsening starvation in the Palestinian territory Israel explained it would continue military operations alongside the new humanitarian measures The Israeli military had no immediate comment about the latest strikes which occurred outside the time frame for the pause Israel declared would be held between a m and p m Palestinians inspect the site struck by an Israeli bombardment in Muwasi Khan Younis Gaza Strip Monday July AP Photo Mariam Dagga Palestinians inspect the site struck by an Israeli bombardment in Muwasi Khan Younis Gaza Strip Monday July AP Photo Mariam Dagga Palestinians inspect the site struck by an Israeli bombardment in Muwasi Khan Younis Gaza Strip Monday July AP Photo Mariam Dagga Palestinians inspect the site struck by an Israeli bombardment in Muwasi Khan Younis Gaza Strip Monday July AP Photo Mariam Dagga Show Caption of Palestinians inspect the site struck by an Israeli bombardment in Muwasi Khan Younis Gaza Strip Monday July AP Photo Mariam Dagga Expand Newborn dies after complex surgery The newborn died hours after being delivered in a complex surgery She had been placed in an incubator and was breathing with assistance from a ventilator footage from The Associated Press evidenced Her mother Soad al-Shaer who was seven months pregnant with her was among Palestinians killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house and neighboring tents in the Muwasi area of Khan Younis according to Nasser Hospital which received the bodies Another strike hit a two-story house in Khan Younis killing at least people more than half of them women and children according to the hospital At least five others were killed in strikes elsewhere in Gaza according to other hospitals The Israeli military did not right now respond to a request for comment on majority of the strikes It mentioned it was not aware of one strike in Gaza City during the pause that wellbeing authorities revealed killed one person Israel says it only targets combatants and blames civilian deaths on Hamas because the fighters operate in densely populated areas The daily airstrikes across the territory frequently kill women and children Hamas has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United States Canada and the European Union Israel allows more aid to enter Images of emaciated children have sparked outrage around the world including from Israel s close allies U S President Donald Trump on Sunday called the images of emaciated and malnourished children in Gaza terrible Israel has restricted aid to varying degrees throughout the war In March it cut off the entry of all goods including fuel food and medicine to pressure Hamas to free hostages Israel partially lifted those restrictions in May but also pushed ahead on a new U S -backed aid delivery system that has been wracked by chaos and violence Traditional aid providers have encountered a breakdown in law and order surrounding their deliveries COGAT the Israeli military body in charge of coordinating aid shipments commented U N agencies collected trucks for distribution on Sunday and that another trucks had been allowed into Gaza The U N and aid groups say the territory necessities - trucks a day to meet its demands Israel s blockade and military operations have destroyed nearly all food production in the territory of roughly million Palestinians Two air force planes from Jordan and the United Arab Emirates meanwhile airdropped tons of humanitarian aid in Gaza on Monday The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees Philippe Lazzarini warned that airdrops are expensive inefficient and can even kill starving civilians and won t reverse the increasing starvation The tons of aid would fill less than one aid truck according to World Food Initiative s calculations of almost tons per aid truck Seven killed near aid site authorities say The Awda hospital in central Gaza announced it received the bodies of seven Palestinians who it revealed were killed Monday by Israeli fire close to an aid distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation an Israeli-backed American contractor The hospital commented others were wounded close to the site GHF did not straightaway respond to a request for comment Hamas started the war with its Oct attack in which Palestinian terrorists killed specific people and abducted others They still hold and Israel presumed more than half the remaining hostages are dead The bulk of the rest were published in ceasefires or other deals Israel s retaliatory offensive has killed more than Palestinians according to Gaza s Fitness Ministry Its count doesn t distinguish between fighters and civilians The ministry operates under the Hamas ruling body The U N and other international organizations see it as the preponderance reliable source of content on casualties Magdy disclosed from Cairo Follow AP s war coverage at https apnews com hub israel-hamas-war
