Shafaq News – Gaza (Updated at 13:36)

At least 64 Palestinians were killed and 278 were injured in Israeli airstrikes over the past 24 hours, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry on Sunday.

The ministry confirmed that nineteen of the dead were among those waiting for aid, while 123 others were injured in the same areas, pushing the total number of Palestinians killed while seeking food to 2,095, with more than 15,430 wounded.

Airstrikes reportedly struck multiple areas, including Khan Younis, al-Sabra, Sheikh Radwan, and several refugee camps, while witnesses noted that entire residential blocks were destroyed in Jabalia, Rafah’s Saudi neighborhood, and eastern Gaza City.

Since October 7, 2023, Israeli attacks have killed 62,686 Palestinians and injured 157,951, according to the Health Ministry. It also said at least 289 people, including 115 children, have died from hunger and malnutrition as famine worsens.

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused Israel of “weaponizing food and engineering starvation,” warning that a return to Gaza City would intensify casualties and displacement. It called for urgent international intervention.

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor condemned the killing of media workers as a “war crime” after journalist Khaled al-Madhoun was killed while reporting in northern Gaza, bringing the toll among journalists to about 240.

Meanwhile, tens of thousands joined the largest pro-Palestinian rallies in Australia to date. Demonstrations in 40 cities demanded sanctions on Israel and an end to Canberra’s supply of fighter jet parts, with protesters branding Israel a “terrorist state” and drawing comparisons to Nazi Germany. The marches followed Australia’s announcement that it would recognize a Palestinian state at next month’s UN General Assembly, a decision that has strained its relations with Israel.