Gaza civil defense agency said Israel's air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed at least 29 people as the United Nations demanded that Israel lift the blockade of Palestinian territory and allow humanitarian aid to enter.
According to civil defense official Mohammed El-Mougher, at least eight people attacked the Abu Sarul family home in Khan refugee camp in southern Gaza.
Four more people were killed in an air strike near Tuffah, Gaza city east of Schaff, killed at least 17 people Thursday in other attacks in the enclave, including a strike on a tent housing near Deir El-Balah.
Witnesses told AFP about Khan Yunis’s path to destruction. "We came here and found that all these houses were destroyed and children, women and young people were blown up," said Ahmed Abu Zarqa. "Enough, we were tired. We didn't know what to do with life. We would rather die than live this kind of life."
The bombing took place amid a serious warning about the humanitarian situation in the besieged territory, which has been under a total blockade of Israeli blockade for two months.
Volker Turk, the UN’s human rights chief, said the conditions imposed by Israel on Palestinians in Gaza are “increasingly incompatible with their persistent existence as a group.” He warned that hunger as a method of war could constitute a war crime.
According to Al Jazeera's Tareq Abu Azzoum from the ground, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached catastrophic levels and Palestinians are shaking.
"Parents literally jumped over meals, and now kids are eating spoiled food. Canned food has become a luxury," he said. Aid-backed bakeries have been closed due to severe shortages, and the World Food Program has reportedly run out of stocks, overwhelming the soup kitchen with little operation.
He added: “Local people call for a safe, ongoing humanitarian corridor but say meaningful aid can only be accessed if Israel allows it.” Since the lockdown is now the second month, many in Gaza believe that they have endured not only humanitarian emergencies but also “engineering suffering,” which has released famine on a devastating scale.
Tom Fletcher, the head of humanitarianism in the United Nations, responded to these concerns Thursday. “Aid and the lives saved by civilians should never be bargaining chips,” he said.
"Stop aid killing. This creates cruel collective punishment." He criticized Israel's proposal for private aid in Gaza, saying it was insufficient and incompatible with basic humanitarian principles.
"For the Israeli authorities, and those who can still reason with them, we say again: Hold up this cruel blockade. Let humans save lives," he said.
United Nations agencies, including UNRWA, said more than 3,000 aid trucks were trapped on the Gaza border and could not provide basic supplies. About one million children are said to be at risk. "The siege must be cancelled," said Niho in an article on X.
Last year, Israel was obliged to provide humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, a week-long hearing from the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
On the fourth day of Thursday's hearing, Qatar's ambassador to the Netherlands Mutlaq al-Qahtani told the court Israel continued its "genocide war against the Palestinian people" and increased reconciliation efforts in the occupation of the West Bank.
Mutllaq al-Qahtani said Palestinians in Gaza continue to face a "famine situation" as Israel continues to block "any life-saving aid".
Israel added that Israel jeopardizes the existence of the UN Palestinian refugee agency, the relief tool is the “backbone” of humanitarians and development assistance in the occupied territories.