Israeli Drone Strike Kills Two Palestinians in Gaza Amid Stark Hunger Warnings

According to the International Desk of Webangah News Agency, Palestinian sources have reported that two Palestinians were killed and several others injured in an Israeli drone attack targeting a group of individuals near Abu Sharakh Square in Gaza. Military vehicles belonging to the Israeli regime also fired towards areas in the northeast of the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Concurrently, Israeli artillery shelled areas in southern Khan Younis. In northern Gaza, several Palestinians were wounded by Israeli shelling in the vicinity of Abu Sharakh Square.

Meanwhile, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Tom Fletcher, has issued a grave warning that 1.4 million people, representing approximately two-thirds of Gaza’s population, are at risk of a hunger crisis. He noted that 150,000 family tents are prepared for dispatch but remain outside the territory awaiting entry. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Fletcher called for the immediate opening of all crossings and the full implementation of the winter aid program.

He emphasized that weather conditions should not devastate people’s lives when essential supplies are mere kilometers away and ready for distribution. The UN official stated that relief workers have provided winter clothing and thermal blankets to 10,000 children and have delivered 50,000 sandbags to Gaza in the past week, but the scale of these contributions is insufficient to meet the needs.

Fletcher also urged for the facilitation of operations for aid partners, including the Norwegian Refugee Council, stressing that the delivery of aid should not be contingent on political developments by the Israeli regime. He elaborated that the plans and equipment are in place, and what is required is the removal of obstacles, the securing of financial resources, and urgent action to protect the people of Gaza from hunger and the winter cold.