Palestinian officials in Gaza report Israeli attacks have killed at least 17 people so far today, including seven people seeking aid near a distribution point south of Khan Younis. The attacks came as medics said at least two more Palestinians have died of starvation over the past 24 hours, as the trickle of aid entering Gaza fails to meet the needs of more than 2 million people. Hungry Palestinians who searched for a meal Thursday at a community kitchen in Gaza City said they came away empty-handed.

Um Mohammed: “There is no water, no food, no bread. And what forces us to come here is more humiliating than anything. In the end, we return with nothing. Either we come back burned by the sun, or we are trampled underfoot because of the overcrowding. We return empty-handed.”

Bassam Abu Ouda: “We call on all free people of the world and peace lovers to help us provide food and water until this famine imposed on us by the occupation ends. What the occupation allows in, in terms of truck entries, does not equal a drop in the ocean.”