According to Palestinian media, at least nine people were killed in the attack on an aid distribution vehicle.
At least nine people were killed and many others injured in an Israeli attack on an aid distribution truck in Deir El Bala, Wafa news agency reported.
An anonymous witness told Al Jazeera that while on his way to the well on Sunday, “missiles rained down on the area, debris flew and body parts flew into the air.”
“This truck was loaded with relief supplies and also had civilian volunteers on board. They were transporting food to displaced people in Gaza. Deir el-Balah is said to be a safe zone,” he said. Told.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.
“Horrible massacre”
Late Sunday, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said a “horrible massacre” of aid seekers near the Kuwaiti roundabout on Salah al-Din Street in southern Gaza City left “dozens” dead and injured. He announced that he was out.
“Israeli forces now seem to be targeting people who are desperately waiting for food or anything to survive,” Al Jazeera's Tarek Abu Azizm said in a report from Rafah.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.
Children die from malnutrition and dehydration
The attack came as the Gaza Ministry of Health said at least 15 children had died from malnutrition and dehydration in the past few days at Gaza City's Kamal Adwan Hospital.
The United Nations children's agency, UNICEF, has warned that without direct intervention to secure support, more children in Gaza will die from dehydration and malnutrition.
“The child deaths we feared are now a reality and will rise rapidly unless the war ends and barriers to humanitarian assistance are addressed immediately,” Adel Hodor, UNICEF's regional director for MENA, said in a statement. It's very likely.”
More than 30,400 people, mostly women and children, have been killed in Israel's war in Gaza since October 7, according to the Palestinian Authority.
Israel is under siege after Hamas, which rules Gaza, led an attack on Israel that killed at least 1,139 people and captured about 250, according to an Al Jazeera tally based on official Israeli statistics. They launched a devastating artillery bombardment and ground invasion of the area. .
Hamas talks in Cairo
Negotiations over a possible ceasefire between Israel and Hamas resumed on Sunday after U.S. officials indicated that Israel supported a framework for a temporary ceasefire and exchange of Israeli and Palestinian prisoners.
Hamas officials arrived in Cairo on Sunday, but Israeli media reported that Israel did not send a delegation to the talks, mediated by envoys from Qatar, Egypt and the United States.
A senior Hamas official told Al Jazeera that a Hamas delegation “is in Cairo to meet with our Egyptian and Qatari brothers and present the movement's vision.” “It doesn't matter to us whether the occupation delegation arrives in Cairo or not,” he said.
A source briefed on the talks told Reuters a day earlier that Israel may not move closer to Cairo unless Hamas first presents a list of prisoners.
Palestinian officials told the agency that Hamas has so far rejected the request.
U.S. officials earlier said Israel had agreed to the framework for a ceasefire agreement to be negotiated in Cairo.
“There is a framework agreement. The Israelis have more or less accepted it,” a senior US official in President Joe Biden's administration said on Saturday.