The World Food Program is criticizing Israeli forces for firing on one of its convoys in Gaza in an 'unacceptable' incident.
Recent Israeli attacks have killed and injured dozens of Palestinians across the Gaza Strip amid ongoing talks reach a break contract in the besieged area.
Medical sources told Al Jazeera Arabic that bombing Israel injured about 40 people north of Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on Monday. Injuries, including children, were also reported in al-Mawasi area near Khan Younis.
The Palestinian Civil Defense said they recovered the bodies of three people killed in Israeli bombing in Nuseirat and another person in Khirbet al-Adas, north of Rafah.
Gaza's Health Ministry had said earlier on Monday that at least 49 people had been killed over the previous 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll from the war to 45,854.
Israel has been killing dozens of Palestinians in Gaza every day since the war began in October 2023. It has also imposed a suffocating blockade on the land .
The harsh winter conditions have added to the woes of Palestinians sheltering in makeshift tents, who are already struggling with hunger and lack of medical care.
The Gaza Government Press Office said on Monday that eight Palestinians were displaced has died due to extreme cold in the last few weeks, warning that the number could increase amid bad conditions in the area.
“We hold the Israeli occupation fully responsible for the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip as well as the American administration and the countries that have supported and participated in the genocide,” the office said in a statement.
He called on international organizations and Arab and Muslim countries to intervene urgently to save civilians in Gaza.
The World Food Program (WFP) on Monday accused Israeli forces of firing on one of its convoys a day earlier.
He described the shooting, which resulted in no casualties, as “unacceptable”.
“The World Food Program strongly condemns the horrific incident on January 5, when a clear WFP convoy was fired upon by Israeli forces near the Wadi Gaza checkpoint, putting the lives of our workers at grave risk and leaving the vehicles immobile,” WFP said in a statement.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant are facing each other arrest warrants by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over alleged war crimes in Gaza, including the use of “starvation as a method of war”.
In light of the violence and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, diplomatic efforts have continued to reach a cease-fire agreement that would allow the release of Israeli prisoners held by Hamas and other Palestinian groups. .
Hamas officials told several media on Monday that the group is willing to release 34 Israeli prisoners in the first phase of the deal that would also see the release of an unspecified number of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
It is not clear how many of the Israeli prisoners on the first list are still alive. Hamas has said that Israeli bombing has killed several prisoners since the start of the war.
Israeli media outlets reported on Monday that the Mossad chief David Barnea they postponed a trip to Doha to finalize the deal while Israel awaits Hamas's response to its proposal.
The incoming President of the United States, Donald Trump, reiterated on Monday that “there will be hell to pay” if the prisoners are not released before he returns to the White House for a second term on January 20 .
