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erodriguez

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Tue Jun 17, 2025, 05:43 AM Jun 17

At least 51 Palestinians killed in Gaza waiting for food trucks, says health ministry [View all]

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Source: The Guardian

At least 51 Palestinians have been killed and more than 200 wounded while waiting for UN and commercial trucks to enter the territory with desperately needed food, according to Gaza’s health ministry and a local hospital.

Palestinian witnesses said Israeli forces carried out an airstrike on a nearby home before opening fire toward the crowd in the southern city of Khan Younis on Tuesday morning. The military did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Read more: At least 51 Palestinians killed in Gaza waiting https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/17/dozens-killed-in-gaza-waiting-for-food-trucks-says-health-ministry?CMP=share_btn_url



Meanwhile in Gaza, the IDF is mowing down starving people.

Time and again, Israel's leaders have proven themselves to be bad actors. The US needs to cut its ties with Israel as long as it is run by right-wing warmongers.

Congress needs to be clear that they won't support this carnage anymore.
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