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As a war-torn Gaza continues to battle lack of food and potable water, dozens of Palestinians were killed or wounded Monday during a desperate run for food towards the aid drop zones in the Gaza Strip, news agency Reuters reported.
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The United Nation-backed hunger experts have stated that a “worst-case scenario of famine” is unfolding in the region, as it has reached two out of three famine thresholds: plummeting food consumption and acute malnutrition.
While Palestinians cannot leave, the war, which is into 22 months now, has ended farming and Israel has banned fishing. So, the food for survival of the population there has to be sourced from outside. Yet, Israel’s blockade and military offensive have made it nearly impossible to safely deliver aid, triggering widespread starvation.
Here are some heart-wrenching images that shows how the scramble for survival looks like.
In this pic, desperate Palestinians climb on a truck carrying food and humanitarian aid as it moves along the Morag corridor near Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Monday. Several hundred Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since May while heading toward food distribution sites and aid convoys, according to witnesses, local health officials and the United Nations human rights office. (AP Photo)
Aid groups say Israel’s week-old measures to allow more aid in are far from sufficient. In pic, Palestinians scramble to get food and humanitarian aid from the back of a truck as it moves along the Morag corridor near Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip (AP Photo)
As international alarm has mounted, several countries have airdropped aid over Gaza. The U.N. and aid groups call such drops costly and dangerous for residents, and say they deliver far less aid than trucks. In pic, An aircraft airdrops humanitarian aid to Palestinians over Nuseirat, in the Gaza Strip, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo)
Many food parcels dropped by air have splashed into the Mediterranean Sea or landed in so-called red zones from which Israel’s military has ordered people to evacuate. n either case, Palestinians risk their lives to get flour and other basic goods. In pic, Palestinians collect lentils from the ground after humanitarian aid was airdropped by parachutes into Zawaida, in the central Gaza Strip, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo)
Palestinians carry humanitarian aid packages near a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution center operated by the U.S.-backed organization, in Netzarim, central Gaza Strip, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. Fistfights broke out and some men wielded batons. (AP Photo)
At least 16 people were killed late Sunday near the Israeli-controlled Zikim Crossing, the main entry point for aid to northern Gaza, according to records at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, which showed that more than 130 people were wounded. (AP Photo)
A Palestinian boy carries a sack of flour unloaded from a humanitarian aid convoy en route to Gaza City from the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo)
Palestinians carry sacks of flour taken from a humanitarian aid convoy en route to Gaza City, in the outskirts of Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Meanwhile, at least 10 people were killed as thousands waited for aid trucks in the Morag Corridor, which the Israeli military carved out between the southern cities of Khan Younis and Rafah. This combination of satellite images provided by Planet Labs PBC, shows an area in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, before, top, and after, bottom, crowds of people surround an aid convoy, July 26, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
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