In Gaza, Israeli attacks since dawn have killed at least 54 Palestinians, including people seeking food. The attacks came as Gaza health officials recorded another 13 deaths due to starvation — three of them children. That brings the number of hunger-related deaths in Gaza to more than 360. According to a leading global monitor, more than half a million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are suffering “catastrophic” levels of hunger due to Israel’s blockade. On Monday, a steady stream of Palestinians fled northern parts of Gaza City as Israeli forces pushed deeper into the Gaza Strip’s largest urban area, home to about 1 million people.
Khaled al-Masry: “I want to find a place where I can stay with my sons and daughters. I don’t know where to go. Moving out requires money. I can’t even find something to eat. It has been two months without food. I don’t know where to go. I borrowed money from here and there. No one is standing by me to give me anything. No one is standing with the Palestinian people.”
On Monday, millions of Israeli students returned to their classrooms to begin the new school year. Meanwhile, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees warns of a “lost generation” of more than 660,000 Palestinian children in Gaza deprived of schooling for a third consecutive year.