Five children among family of 10 killed in Israeli strike in Khan Younis

The Associated Press

· Posted: Apr 17, 2025 9:40 AM EDT | Last Updated: 37 minutes ago

Israeli strikes connected the Gaza Strip overnight into Thursday killed astatine slightest 23 people, including a household of 10, section wellness officials said. The United Nations meantime raised alarm implicit the mounting interaction of Israel's seven-week-old blockade preventing each nutrient and different supplies from entering the territory.

Israel ended its ceasefire with Hamas past period and renewed its bombardment, sidesplitting hundreds of radical and seizing ample parts of the territory to unit the militants to judge changes to the agreement.

A onslaught successful the confederate metropolis of Khan Younis killed 5 children, 4 women and a antheral from the aforesaid family, each of whom suffered terrible burns, according to Nasser Hospital, which received the bodies. Strikes successful bluish Gaza killed 13 people, including 9 children, according to the Indonesian Hospital.

The Israeli subject says it tries to debar harming civilians and blames their deaths connected Hamas due to the fact that it operates successful residential areas. There was nary contiguous remark connected the latest strikes. 

The UN humanitarian office, known arsenic OCHA, said that astir each of Gaza's much than 2 cardinal radical present trust for nutrient connected the lone 1 cardinal prepared meals produced regular by foundation kitchens supported by assistance groups.

Other nutrient organisation programs person unopen down for deficiency of supplies, and the UN and different assistance groups person been sending their remaining stocks to the foundation kitchens.

The lone different mode to get nutrient successful Gaza is from markets. But astir cannot spend to bargain determination due to the fact that of soaring prices and wide shortages, meaning humanitarian assistance is the superior nutrient root for 80 per cent of the population, the World Food Program said successful its monthly study for April connected Gaza's markets.

"The Gaza Strip is present apt facing the worst humanitarian situation successful the 18 months since the escalation of hostilities successful October 2023," OCHA said.

Water increasing scarce amid nutrient shortage

Most radical successful Gaza are present down to 1 repast a day, said Shaina Low, a spokesperson for the Norwegian Refugee Council. "It's acold little than what is needed," she said.

Water is besides increasing scarce, with Palestinians lasting successful agelong lines to capable jerry cans from trucks. Omar Shatat, an authoritative with a section h2o utility, said radical are down to six oregon 7 litres per day, good beneath the magnitude the UN estimates is needed to conscionable basal needs.

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said Wednesday that preventing humanitarian assistance is 1 of the "central unit tactics" utilized against Hamas, which Israel accuses of siphoning disconnected assistance to support its rule.

Israel is demanding that Hamas merchandise much hostages astatine the commencement of immoderate caller ceasefire and yet hold to disarm and permission the territory. Katz said that adjacent afterward, Israel volition proceed to inhabit ample "security zones" wrong Gaza. 

Hamas is presently holding 59 hostages, 24 of whom are believed to beryllium alive. It says it volition lone instrumentality them successful speech for the merchandise of much Palestinian prisoners, a afloat Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and a lasting truce, arsenic called for successful the now-defunct ceasefire statement reached earlier this year.

Hani Almadhoun, co-founder of Gaza Soup Kitchen, said his room has nutrient for astir 3 much weeks.

"But nutrient is loosely defined. We person pasta and atom but thing overmuch beyond that. No caller produce. There is nary chickenhearted oregon beef. The lone happening we person is canned meat," helium said. He said 15 to 20 per cent of the radical who travel to his room for nutrient permission empty-handed.

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The warfare began erstwhile Hamas-led militants attacked confederate Israel connected Oct. 7, 2023, sidesplitting immoderate 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting 251. Most of the hostages person since been released successful ceasefire agreements oregon different deals.

Israel's violative has killed implicit 51,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not accidental however galore of the dormant were civilians oregon combatants. Israel says it has killed astir 20,000 militants, without providing evidence.

The warfare has destroyed immense parts of Gaza and astir of its nutrient accumulation capabilities. The warfare has displaced astir 90 per cent of the population, with hundreds of thousands of radical surviving successful structure camps and bombed-out buildings.