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KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Two years ago, Sarah Qanan was a star high school student preparing for final exams and dreaming of becoming a doctor. Today, the 18-year-old lives in a sweltering tent in the Gaza Strip and says she is just trying to stay alive.
Razan was one of at least four children to succumb in the last three days, the youngest just three months. Over the past 24 hours, 18 deaths have been recorded due to famine in Gaza, the health ministry says, reflecting a deepening crisis in the territory.
The health ministry and a hospital director in Gaza City said that more than 60 people were killed in the attack, which took place near the Zikim crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel. A nearby field hospital was flooded with victims, including more than 100 who were wounded.
A visit to one distribution site shows how a system designed to squeeze out the U.N. and Hamas continues to draw hungry Palestinians into deadly encounters.
Growing numbers of children are suffering from malnutrition in the besieged enclave with several dying in recent days. Meanwhile, hundreds of Palestinians have been killed trying to access limited aid supplies.
Smoke was seen rising after strikes hit Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip on Sunday. It comes as the Israeli military published new evacuation warnings for areas of central Gaza on Sunday, in one of the few areas where the military has rarely operated with ground troops.
Just outside Gaza, stockpiled in warehouses, UNRWA has enough food for the entire population for over three months,’ says agency - Anadolu Ajansı
The Israeli military issued an evacuation order at the weekend for the crowded area, where it has not previously launched ground offensives.
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