AT least 27 Palestinians have been killed since dawn on Thursday as Israeli military forces continue to bombard Gaza.
According to Al Jazeera reports, around 10 deaths were caused by strikes near aid distribution centres, following the killing of 71 civilians accessing aid on Wednesday.
Overnight, Israeli forces attacked several displacement camps in Gaza. A strike in Deir el-Balah killed a family of four sheltering in a tent, including two children.
Bombing near Gaza City and Khan Younis killed a further four displaced Palestinians and injured several others, whilst an attack on an apartment building killed three.
The Wafa news agency said a six-month-old baby had suffered tear gas inhalation during an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank.
Further reports say Gazans are resorting to climbing on top of what little aid trucks are allowed into the enclave and fighting amongst one another for access to food as the man-made famine continues.
Speaking to Al-Jazeera, UN truck driver Jihad Shuheiber said that agency workers have no protection at all.
“Drivers have no protection at all. Sometimes, you’ll see 1000 people surrounding one truck – you can’t even see the front of the vehicle. It’s heartbreaking,” Shuheiber said.
A further seven people died of malnutrition-related complications on Wednesday, with international pressure to end the genocide and officially recognise Palestinian statehood growing.
Canada is the latest nation to announce it will recognise the state of Palestine, though it will only do so if there are elections held before September with no involvement from Hamas.
US president and convicted felon Donald Trump said the move will make trade talks between the two “very hard”.
Polling suggests US support of Israel is at its lowest since the genocide began.
Keir Starmer and the UK Government have been widely criticised for their own “conditional” path to recognising a Palestinian state, with Israel holding the levers over how the UK will act.
The SNP announced on Wednesday that they would press ahead with their own Bill to recognise Palestine as a result.
The death toll from the genocide has now surpassed more than 60,000, though experts say figures are likely to be far higher than official reports.
