Reports indicate an escalation in the Israeli assault on aid seekers in Gaza City. The death toll at the Kuwait Roundabout has surged from 12 to 17, with around 30 wounded. Palestinians gathering for aid have faced attacks since January.

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Reports have detailed a heightened surge in violence in Gaza City, specifically an Israeli offensive targeting groups of Palestinians who were assembling for aid. The incident occurred at the Kuwait Roundabout, where the death toll has tragically increased from 12 to 17 individuals. Additionally, approximately 30 people have sustained injuries in this recent attack.

This escalation is part of an ongoing series of assaults against Palestinians gathering for aid in the area, which has been documented since January. The attack not only raises the death toll but also brings to light the continuing conflict affecting civilians seeking humanitarian assistance.



Death toll from Israeli attack on aid seekers rises to 17

Yes, well, good morning. That was completely bloody attack that has been carried out overnight in a Kuwait roundabout where the Israeli forces have opened the fire against people who were waiting for aid supplies to be delivered to another part of Gaza Strip. And according to eyewitnesses there on the ground, they have been describing the situation that being completely chaotic as the Israeli forces have been targeting also members of local and popular tribal committees that are responsible for securing the deliveries of aid supplies to the northern Gaza in order to be safely later distributed to desperate families who are in a very desperate need for such life-saving supplies. But clearly, Soheil, it's not the first attack that has been carried out against those people who are securing and also waiting for aid supplies. Israel had multiple targeted people in a Kuwait roundabout which has been called among Palestinians as a death trap. But eyewitnesses there, as we have been contacting them, they have been saying that medical teams along with the civil defense crews are still grappling to evacuate the victims and the injuries from the location there as there are still some people laying on the ground there without receiving any rescue yet because of the intense level of the Israeli bombardment. And that's absolutely the scene for the people who are waiting for supplies. And mainly, this place had been multiply targeted. At the same time, people keep going there despite the risky nature of the place because simply they have no options remained. They know that they might be killed, they know that they might be targeted, but they don't want to return back to the houses with empty hands in order to feed their families who have been suffering from high rates of malnutrition and a clear sign of famine is emerging on the horizon there. And of course, Tariq, it does raise the question which we're also going to be asking our analysts through the day here on Al Jazeera about specifically how you can safely get aid into the area when these incidents of attacks are occurring and at the same time, incidents of malnutrition are increasing. Yes, that's absolutely controversial to reality, in fact, Sohail. Israel is saying that they are facilitating the process of aid deliveries to the northern part of Gaza Strip and at the same time, they have been giving a different denial to the majority of humanitarian convoys by the United Nations to get an access to the northern part of the territory. And at the same time, different countries have been forced to carry out different aid dropping operations and the recent established maritime corridor that has been allocated for more aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip. That absolutely reflects the dire reality here on the ground as people are suffering in order to get much-needed life-saving supplies and mainly right now, they are depending on the aid dropping. They have been completely unsafe as that has been falling on the heads of the civilians there and also people who are trying to get an access throughout the maritime corridor. They are suffering to get much-needed supplies because of the very limited amount that had been delivered on the course of the past days. Even those who are waiting for humanitarian convoys on Kuwait and the Nablusi roundabout, they have been notably exposed to the Israeli fire, giving a clear indication that people there are dying slowly. They are even being targeted if they want to get an aid supply and at the same time, they have been receiving more orders from the Israeli occupation to no longer exist there besides the ongoing denial and restrictions being imposed on humanitarian convoys, deliveries to the north and more growing calls from the international community and different humanitarian organizations for the Israeli government to alleviate the restrictions being imposed on aid deliveries as there are hundreds of humanitarian convoys are stationed on the Egyptian side waiting for further approval to get into the territory in terms of the ongoing bombardment that has taken place that is also considered to be a very integral element that is also hampering aid deliveries to much-needed areas of the Gaza Strip.

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