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More than 62 people killed in Gaza as Palestinians desperately wait for aid

May 22, 2025

Tel Aviv [Israel] / Gaza [Palestine], May 22: More than 62 people have been killed and dozens injured since early Wednesday in the Gaza Strip in renewed Israeli attacks, according to the Hamas-run authorities in the Palestinian territory.
There were airstrikes and fatalities in Jabalia and Deir al-Balah, as well as near Khan Younis in the south of the territory, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported, citing Gaza medical sources.
The Israeli army did not provide any details, and said on its X account only that it had "struck over 115 terror targets throughout Gaza from the ground, sea and air" over the past day. Dozens of deaths have been reported daily from the coastal area after Israel launched a major new offensive late last week. Ground troops are now also deployed in the area.
The attacks come after Israel began allowing dozens of humanitarian trucks into Gaza on Tuesday, but the aid has not yet reached Palestinians in desperate need. Jens Laerke, the spokesperson for the UN's humanitarian agency, said no trucks were picked up from the Gaza side of Karem Abu Salem crossing, known as Kerem Shalom to Israelis, in southern Gaza.
Israel announced that 93 aid trucks had entered Gaza following an 11-week blockade. Aid groups have said that the amount of aid that Israel is allowing is not nearly enough, calling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's efforts a "smokescreen to pretend the siege is over".
Source: Qatar Tribune

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