Gaza Herald – In yet another atrocity against starving civilians, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed at least 71 Palestinians and wounded 648 others on Wednesday evening in the Al-Sudaniya area of northern Gaza.
The victims were among thousands of desperate residents gathered near the Zikim crossing in search of food aid—a haunting scene emblematic of Gaza’s engineered famine and the relentless assault that has gripped the enclave for 664 consecutive days since October 7, 2023.
This latest mass killing underscores a grim escalation in Israel’s ongoing genocide. To date, the war has left over 60,000 Palestinians dead, the majority women and children, and more than 150,000 wounded, while Gaza remains strangled under a siege depriving it of food, water, medicine, and fuel, pushing its population into the depths of starvation and collapse.
Targeting Aid Seekers: A Deadly Pattern
Wednesday’s massacre is part of a wider pattern of deliberate attacks against civilians at food distribution points. Since the launch of the controversial U.S.-Israeli aid mechanism, run by the so-called “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation” on May 27, 2025, hundreds have been gunned down while waiting in aid queues.
Just hours after the Al-Sudaniya killings, Israeli forces killed 13 more civilians Thursday morning in gunfire and airstrikes across the Strip.
Live rounds were fired at crowds near aid points in Shakoush (northern Rafah) and by the Nitsarim corridor (central Gaza), leaving multiple injuries.
An airstrike obliterated a displacement tent west of Deir al-Balah, killing a family of five, including three children.
Additional bombings struck tents in Muwasi (Khan Younis), killing two children, and destroyed a residential block on Ahmad Yassin Street (Gaza City), killing at least four.
Human rights groups have repeatedly condemned these attacks as war crimes and acts of genocide, yet international powers remain inert.
Starvation as a Weapon of War
With aid weaponized and deadly ambushes now routine, Gaza’s civilians face an impossible choice:
“Risk death for a bag of flour, or starve in silence.”
As global inaction persists, the IOF’s systematic campaign of massacres, siege, and displacement continues unchecked, driving Gaza deeper into one of the worst humanitarian crises of the 21st century.
Hospitals, crippled by shortages and bombardment, were inundated overnight with victims of drone strikes and artillery shelling from Nuseirat camp to Rafah. Medical teams, already operating in near-collapse conditions, warn they can no longer cope.
