The Israeli army has killed dozens of Palestinians in a series of attacks in the Gaza Strip as it allowed small amounts of aid to the northern part of the territory for the first time after more than a month of intense siege.

Medics said Friday evening that at least 40 people had been killed in Gaza since dawn, 24 of them in the north, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.

According to the Al Jazeera team in Deir al-Balah, at least six Palestinians were killed in the targeting of the Fahd al-Sabah school, which houses displaced people, in the Tuffah district on Saturday.

Among the dead were two local journalists, one a pregnant woman and the other a child. The Israeli military used a common justification, saying it was targeting “terrorists” but did not provide evidence or details.

Five more people were killed in Gaza City’s Shujayea neighborhood, while Israeli sniper fire killed at least one person in the Zeitoun neighborhood.

The death toll has reached at least nine as a result of Israel’s bombing of tents for displaced people in al-Mawasi, the so-called “humanitarian zone” in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. According to Nasser Hospital, where the injured were located, a child and two women were among the dead.

The Israeli airstrike, using an attack helicopter, targeted the courtyard of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, the main medical facility in central Gaza. This was Israel’s eighth attack on the compound since March.

Al Jazeera correspondent Maram Humaid, who was on the ground, reported that at least three people were killed and 26 people were injured. The attack took place just 20 meters (65 feet) from Al Jazeera’s tent in the area.

On the 400th day of the war, the Gaza Ministry of Health announced that at least 43 thousand 552 Palestinians died and 102 thousand 765 Palestinians were injured on Saturday.

The actual death toll is estimated to be much higher; Approximately 10,000 bodies are buried under the massive rubble of collapsed buildings in the area.

The United Nations Human Rights Office condemned the fact that nearly 70 percent of those killed in Gaza were children and women.

More than 1,000 healthcare workers and at least 12,700 students died. Nearly 86,000 tons of explosives were dropped on Gaza, destroying much of the infrastructure and displacing nearly two million people, or 90 percent of the population.

The aid Israel allows is far below the US target

The Israeli army has allowed limited aid into the area for the first time in more than a month, after launching a major ground offensive into northern Gaza and cutting off aid.

COGAT, the Israeli military agency responsible for organizing the aid, announced that 11 trucks containing food, water and medical supplies had been brought to distribution centers for people still alive in Jabalia and Beit Hanoon in the north.

The UN World Food Program (WFP), which was involved in the delivery process, reported that not all of the limited aid reached the drop-off points and ordered a truck to be evacuated by Israeli soldiers in Jabalia, the main focus of the land occupation.

Humanitarian aid is the only way for thousands of families in Gaza to survive. It needs to be increased and sustained.

In October, WFP was only able to deliver less than 30% of our needs due to restrictions.

WFP’s Nour explains the challenges families face. pic.twitter.com/OnLk74pEmm

— World Food Program (@WFP) 9 November 2024

With only a few days before the United States’ deadline for Israel expired, aid was allowed to trickle down; After this period, arms transfers to Israel could potentially be affected.

Washington said Israel should allow at least 350 trucks a day carrying aid into Gaza; This is a far cry from what Israel currently allows, and also far fewer than the 700 trucks per day that aid agencies say the region needs.

There is a strong possibility of an imminent famine in parts of northern Gaza and urgent action is needed to alleviate the catastrophic situation, the Independent Famine Review Committee said in a rare warning on Friday.

The Israeli military responded by claiming that researchers at international organizations “continue to rely on partial, biased data and superficial sources with vested interests.”

The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, which is under siege in the north, once again raised the alarm as conditions worsened, saying that the facility was overflowing and many injured people could not reach the hospital due to the lack of ambulances and the targeting of vehicles in the area.

“We have no medicine and no medical supplies,” Hussam Abu Safia told Al Jazeera. “We don’t have a surgeon. “We only have (a) small number of pediatricians and general internists.”

This took place at a time when the Israeli army was continuing its attacks. preventing international journalists from entering He is expected to report on the situation from the Gaza Strip.

Israeli attacks killed at least five journalists in October, and Israeli forces launched a smear campaign against six Al Jazeera journalists reporting in the north, according to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

“There are now almost no professional journalists left in the north to document what many international institutions define as a campaign of ethnic cleansing,” the statement said.