At least 81 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza by Israeli attacks and forced starvation since dawn as the Israeli military said it had begun the first stages of its planned assault to seize the enclave’s largest urban centre, Gaza City, where close to a million people remain in perilous conditions.
Three other Palestinians starved to death in the besieged enclave on Wednesday, bringing the total count of hunger-related deaths to 269, including 112 children.
Israeli attacks included a strike on a tent housing displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza that killed three people.
At least 30 aid seekers were killed on Wednesday.
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) says nearly one in every three Palestinian children in Gaza City is now malnourished.
Israel’s genocidal war has killed more than 62,122 Palestinians, Gaza’s Health Ministry said.
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