[News] Starved and slaughtered: Palestinians bombed at Gaza food 'aid site'

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Starved and slaughtered: Palestinians bombed at Gaza food 'aid site'
Al Mayadeen English
June 17, 2025
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Dozens were killed and over 200 wounded as invading Israeli units
deliberately targeted a food distribution point in Khan Younis.

   - [image: A Palestinian man walks across the rubble of a building
   destroyed by an Israeli strike in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip,
   Monday, June 16, 2025. (AP)]
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   A Palestinian man walks across the rubble of a building destroyed by an
   Israeli strike in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Monday, June 16, 2025 (
   *AP*)

In one of the most harrowing massacres to date
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/aid-turned-into-ambush--the--israeli-hunger-trap-massacre--i>,
Israeli occupation forces conducted a mass killing of starved Palestinians
awaiting food aid in Khan Younis early Tuesday morning, killing more than
60 Palestinians and injuring over 200 others, including at least 20 in
critical condition.

The attack, confirmed by the Palestinian Ministry of Health, struck near
the al-Tahlia roundabout, a known distribution point for dwindling
humanitarian relief. Survivors described scenes of utter horror: children
torn apart by shrapnel, bloodied bodies strewn among plastic bags of flour.

Emergency, intensive care, and operating room departments are experiencing
severe overcrowding with the influx of deaths and injuries, the Ministry
revealed, highlighting the increasingly catastrophic situation of the
healthcare system in the Strip.

It revealed that medical teams are operating with limited supplies of
life-saving medications and supplies, renewing its urgent appeal to all
relevant authorities to increase relevant aid.

Concurrently,* Al Mayadeen*’s correspondent reported that two Palestinians
were killed by Israeli occupation forces near Street 10 in southern Gaza
City.

In a separate tragedy, an Israeli airstrike on Old Gaza Street in Jabalia,
northern Gaza, killed a young Palestinian girl.
Israeli genocide is ongoing

The total number of Palestinians killed across the Gaza Strip since dawn
has climbed to 64, as Israeli forces continue to intensify attacks on
civilians. Many of the victims were targeted while attempting to access
humanitarian aid
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/gaza-humanitarian-foundation-failed-its-aid-mission--un-rule>,
with additional deaths and injuries reported in the north of the Strip
during aid distribution.

As Gaza’s healthcare system teeters on collapse, Nasser Medical Complex,
the main hospital in Khan Younis, struggles to absorb the influx of
victims. Emergency rooms overflowed, surgeons worked without anesthesia,
and corridors filled with the cries of grieving families. Doctors, already
working on skeleton staff and minimal supplies, reported dozens of
life-threatening injuries and warned that many more may succumb to injuries
in the coming hours without urgent intervention.

Even as scenes of carnage emerge daily from across Gaza, Western
governments remain largely unshaken in their support. The US administration
continues to funnel weapons and political cover. European capitals issue
statements of “concern” while abstaining from meaningful action. And the
UN, constrained and defanged, pleads powerlessly.
Gaza death toll as of June 16 surges to 55,432 killed, 128,923 injured

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/gaza-death-toll-surges-to-55-432-killed--128-923-injured>
announced on Tuesday that hospitals received the bodies of 61 martyrs
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-war-on-gaza--55-362-martyrs-and-128-741-injured>,
including six retrieved from under the rubble, and 397 injuries over 24
hours. Many victims remain trapped beneath debris and along roads,
unreachable due to continued bombardment.

Since October 7, 2023, as of June 16, 2025, the death toll of the Israeli
genocide in Gaza has surged to 55,493 Palestinians killed and 129,320
injured.

Since March 18, 2025, the total toll has risen to 5,194 killed and 17,279
wounded.

Moreover, as the Israeli-made famine looms over Gaza
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/soumoud-convoy-blocked-in-libya-en-route-to-break-gaza-block>,
59 starved Palestinians were killed since early morning, and over 200 were
injured while trying to receive aid at designated 'aid distribution sites'
and were later transported to hospitals, as per the Ministry's report.

The death toll among Palestinians killed while seeking food aid in
designated distribution zones has now climbed to 397, with more than 3,031
others wounded, according to the report.
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