Gaza War: Trump sees Gaza aid supplies-almost 100 deaths in attacks

While US President Donald Trump ended his Middle East trip, Israel’s army flew violent attacks on the Gaza Strip. Since the night, 93 people have been killed and more than 200 were injured, said the health authority controlled by the Hamas. The information that did not distinguish between combatants and civilians could initially not be checked independently.

According to reports, there were massive attacks by the Israeli army, especially in the north of the area. Recordings were distributed on social media to show pictures of the victims of the attacks.

“Troops continue their operational activities against the terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip, destroy terrorist infrastructure systems and eliminate terrorists,” said the Israeli military. In the past few days, the Israeli Air Force had flew attacks on “more than 150 terrorist goals in the entire Gaza Strip”. These included positions for rockets and operational centers of the groups. The information could also not be verified independently.

According to the civil protection controlled by Hamas, residential buildings were razed to the ground. Rescue teams continue to mount the sacrifices among the rubble.

Israel wants to expand attacks

The Israeli news page “Ynet”, citing security officers, reported that the massive attacks in the past few days have been preparation for the invasion of further troops. On request, Israel’s army initially did not comment on the report. According to Palestinian information, there were already dozens of deaths on Thursday.

The Israeli government had recently announced that they wanted to expand the use in the Gaza Strip. Israeli media had reported that this should happen to the region after the end of the trip from Trump, should not be achieved by then a new Gaza agreement. Trump has now ended his last visit to the Golf region and is on the way back to the USA. A new deal is not in sight. He did not stop a stop in Israel.

Trump: “Many people are hungry”

A new military offensive is likely to further tighten the emergency of people in the densely populated and after more than one and a half years of war. The UN and aid organizations are already warning of famine.

Trump spoke of a “very serious situation” in the area during a visit to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates in the morning. “We have to take care of it. Many people are hungry. Many people suffer from the bad situation.” The United States is Israel’s most important arms supplier.

Details on new auxiliary mechanism in Gaza

Since the beginning of March, Israel no longer has any help in the Gaza Strip. The country accuses the Hamas to resell the relief goods to finance their fighters and weapons. However, Israel’s security cabinet recently decided to allow deliveries in the Gaza Strip again in the future – but with a different mechanism, so that Hamas could not benefit from deliveries. According to reports, goods should only be distributed from a few locations in the Gaza Strip.

In a report by the BBC it was said on Thursday, satellite images showed the preparation of these locations. At least four distribution centers are created in the south, another in the center of the Gaza Strip. A foundation based on Gaza Humanitrian Foundation (GHF) is to reorganize the distribution of relief goods in the sealed coastal strip.

According to a document by the GHF, 60 percent of the population are to be supplied with four centers. Later, all more than two million residents of the Gaza Strip are to be reached. The BBC reported to the GHF that the foundation would start its work before the end of May.

UN criticizes new mechanism for aid deliveries

According to the “Times of Israel”, 5,000 to 6,000 people tested should all walk to the auxiliary centers one to two weeks to collect a box with food for their families. US security companies should secure the process. According to the report, the distribution centers are to be built in a new “humanitarian zone” in the area of ​​the city of Rafah in the south of the area. People who enter this zone were previously checked by Israel’s army, it said. The Israeli military hope to prevent members of Hamas from entering the area.

The UN had sharply criticized the new mechanism for the auxiliary deliveries, among other things because civilians got into the crossfire of the war on the way to the distribution centers and, for example, old and sick people could not reach them at all.

Since the beginning of the Gaza War more than a year and a half ago, according to the health authority controlled by the Hamas, more than 53,100 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip. The information that cannot be verified at the moment do not distinguish between combatants and civilians. The war was triggered by the attack by Hamas and other Islamist terrorists on October 7, 2023, in which around 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 were delayed as hostages into the Gaza strips.