Israel continues Gaza strikes, blockade as 43 killed today

The governments of Ireland, Austria, and others, have condemned Israel’s more-than-60-day blockade of Gaza, as Amnesty International terms the blockage of food and medicine a “war crime”.Humanitarian coordinator Amjad Shawa in Gaza warned that more children are likely to die from malnutrition as “the whole Strip is starving” due to Israel’s siege.Medical sources say at least 35 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza today alone, with one strike on Bureij killing nine members of the same family.A Gaza Freedom Flotilla ship carrying 30 pro-Palestinian activists bombed, with the group blaming Israel or one of its allies. There were no casualties.Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 52,418 Palestinians and wounded 118,091, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry. The Gaza Government Media Office updated the death toll to more than 61,700, saying thousands of people missing under the rubble are presumed dead.An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, and more than 200 were taken captive.