The Government Media Office in Gaza says Israeli forces have carried out 59 “massacres” over the past 100 hours, killing 288 people — 99 of them near aid‑distribution points — and wounding 1,088 more. Most of the casualties, the office claims, are children, women and the elderly.
In a statement issued on Monday, officials accused Israel of turning aid sites into “death traps,” alleging that warplanes struck overcrowded shelters, markets and public recreation areas, as well as homes and displacement centres “filled with tens of thousands of people.” The office also cited strikes on medical clinics, health centres and other essential facilities. Al‑Mawasi — an area Israel previously designated a safe zone — was among the locations hit, it added.
Labeling the attacks “brutal crimes,” the Gaza authorities called on international bodies to intervene immediately to halt what they described as a campaign of “systematic daily death.”
Separately, the Palestinian Ministry of Health warned that Gaza’s laboratories and blood banks face a critical shortage, saying 10,000 blood units have been used in the past month while only 3,500 have been collected.
Since Israel expanded its offensive on 7 October 2023, Gaza’s Health Ministry puts the overall death toll at 57,418, with 136,261 people injured.
Health officials say that more than 700 Palestinians have been killed in recent weeks while attempting to obtain food. On Saturday, the ministry reported at least 743 deaths and more than 4,891 injuries at distribution sites run by the U.S.– and Israel‑backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which local authorities describe as controversial.
