Israel Kills 41 Palestinians in Gaza, Including 23 Awaiting Aid

Watan-Amid international complicity, the Israeli occupation army continues its genocide in Gaza, killing 41 Palestinians since early Friday through airstrikes and gunfire across various parts of the Gaza Strip. Among the victims were 23 civilians massacred while waiting for humanitarian aid.

Sources reported that most of the victims were killed around the Netzarim Corridor in central Gaza, where Israeli forces opened fire on hundreds of Palestinians gathered near a U.S. aid distribution center.

These attacks come as Gaza endures catastrophic humanitarian conditions due to the genocide Israel has been committing against Palestinians for the past 21 months.

In the most recent assaults:

• Two Palestinians were killed, and 10 others wounded, when an Israeli drone targeted civilians near Al-Shifa Hospital in western Gaza City.

• Another drone strike killed a Palestinian and injured others in the Shuja’iyya neighborhood in the east.

• In southern Gaza, 13-year-old Rafif Alaa Khalil Al-Bureim was killed and several civilians wounded when Israeli forces opened fire near the industrial zone north of Khan Younis.

• In the same city, an Israeli drone strike killed three Palestinians near Al-Sunniya Mosque as they gathered for aid.

The previous day’s bombardment left 92 Palestinians martyred, including:

• 64 in Gaza City and the north

• 22 awaiting humanitarian aid in central Gaza

Official data reveals that Israeli-American so-called “aid trap” operations have, since their inception, led to:

• Over 300 Palestinians killed

• 2,649 wounded

• 9 still missing

These attacks are part of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza that began on October 7, 2023, resulting in more than 186,000 casualties—mostly women and children.