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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Starved and slaughtered: Palestinians bombed at Gaza food 'aid site'</h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time" dir="ltr">June 17, 2025</div>
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were killed and over 200 wounded as invading Israeli units deliberately
targeted a food distribution point in Khan Younis.</p><div><ul id="gmail-content-slick-0"><div aria-hidden="false"><li>
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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 (<em>AP</em>)
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<p>In one of the <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/aid-turned-into-ambush--the--israeli-hunger-trap-massacre--i" target="_blank" rel="noopener">most harrowing massacres to date</a>,
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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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. </p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Concurrently,<strong> Al Mayadeen</strong>\u2019s correspondent reported that two Palestinians were killed by Israeli occupation forces near Street 10 in southern Gaza City.</p>
<p>In a separate tragedy, an Israeli airstrike on Old Gaza Street in Jabalia, northern Gaza, killed a young Palestinian girl.</p>
<h2><span>Israeli genocide is ongoing</span></h2>
<p><span>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 <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/gaza-humanitarian-foundation-failed-its-aid-mission--un-rule" target="_blank" rel="noopener">access humanitarian aid</a>, with additional deaths and injuries reported in the north of the Strip during aid distribution.</span></p>
<p>As Gaza\u2019s 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.</p>
<p>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 \u201cconcern\u201d while abstaining from meaningful
action. And the UN, constrained and defanged, pleads powerlessly.</p>
<h2>Gaza death toll as of June 16 surges to 55,432 killed, 128,923 injured</h2>
<p>The <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/gaza-death-toll-surges-to-55-432-killed--128-923-injured" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza</a> announced on Tuesday that hospitals<span> </span><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-war-on-gaza--55-362-martyrs-and-128-741-injured" target="_blank" rel="noopener">received the bodies of 61 martyrs</a>,
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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Since March 18, 2025, the total toll has risen to 5,194 killed and 17,279 wounded.</p>
<p>Moreover, as the<span> </span><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/soumoud-convoy-blocked-in-libya-en-route-to-break-gaza-block" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israeli-made famine looms over Gaza</a>,
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.</p>
<p>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. </p>
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