Israeli forces bomb another aid truck, killing scores in Gaza

Israeli regime forces have bombed another aid truck in central Gaza, killing and injuring scores of Palestinians in Deir Al-Balah in the besieged strip.

Thousands of starving people were collecting food from the aid truck on Sunday when the Israeli forces attacked the Palestinians.

This is the second attack by the Israeli regime forces in the last five days on displaced Palestinians awaiting food aid in the besieged Gaza Strip.

“Many people were killed and others wounded in an Israeli bombing that targeted an aid truck in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip,” medics, who wished to remain anonymous, told media.

So far, the number of casualties from the latest Israeli attack is not clear. The earlier attack by the Israeli forces in the south of Gaza City on Thursday left at least 112 Palestinians dead and several hundred more injured.

Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian ambassador to the UN, said, “This outrageous massacre is a testimony to the fact that as long as the security council is paralyzed and vetoes [are cast] then it is costing the Palestinian people their lives.” Washington has three times blocked Security Council resolutions for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated the mission to “destroy Hamas” in Gaza. The pressure increased dramatically in the wake of Thursday’s deadly encounter just outside Gaza City.