LIVE BLOG: Khan Yunis under Fire; Famine Spreads as Israel Blocks Aid -- Day 571

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  Israel continued to carry out massacres in Gaza. (Photo: via QNN) Israel continued to carry out massacres in Gaza. (Photo: via QNN)

Palestine Chronicle Staff

April 29, 2025

Scores of Palestinians, including women and children, were killed as Israel intensified its shelling of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, UNRWA reported that thousands of aid trucks remain stranded at Gaza’s crossings, as Israel continues to block their entry into the Strip.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed 52,314 Palestinians and injured 117,792 others, the majority of whom are women and children, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.

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Tue, Apr 29, 1:40 PM (Palestine Time)

Killed in Israeli Bombing of Al-Tuffah Neighborhood

AL-JAZEERA: A Palestinian was killed in an Israeli bombing of the vicinity of the Al-Sinafour intersection in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

 
Tue, Apr 29, 1:40 PM (Palestine Time)

14 Killed in Israeli Raids on the Strip Since Dawn

AL-JAZEERA (citing medical sources): 14 Palestinians have been martyred in Israeli raids on several areas in the Gaza Strip since dawn today.

 
Tue, Apr 29, 1:40 PM (Palestine Time)

UN Official: Situation Worsening in Gaza

AL-JAZEERA: A spokeswoman for the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs in Gaza told Al Jazeera that the situation is worsening with the continued prevention of aid. Malnutrition is worsening with the continued closure of crossings.

Food is running out, famine will increase, and diseases will spread. Resources are insufficient, and the current situation cannot be contained. Aid will spoil before it is delivered due to the closure of crossings.

 
Tue, Apr 29, 12:43 PM (Palestine Time)

Hundreds of Israeli Families Demand Netanyahu Investigate October 7 Failure

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot reported that hundreds of Israeli families whose relatives were killed in the October 7th attack, and families of the captives, sent a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanding the formation of an official commission of inquiry. They stated that military investigations do not provide a complete picture or answers to the fundamental questions about the failure of October 7th.

 
Tue, Apr 29, 12:43 PM (Palestine Time)

UNRWA: Israel Arrested More Than 50 Agency Staff Since Start of War

UNRWA: The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) stated that Israel has arrested more than 50 agency staff members since the beginning of the war in Gaza, including teachers and doctors.

 
Tue, Apr 29, 12:43 PM (Palestine Time)

Body Recovered in Khan Yunis

AL-JAZEERA: The recovery of the body of a Palestinian who was killed in a previous Israeli bombing that targeted the Al-Manara area in Khan Yunis city, southern Gaza Strip.

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