- At least 17 Palestinians have been killed and dozens wounded in Israeli air strikes targeting three houses in Deir el-Balah and Jabalia.
- A United Nations team has found many injured in Thursday’s Israeli attack on Palestinians awaiting food aid have gunshot wounds. The director of al-Awda Hospital says 80 percent of the wounded brought to the hospital had been shot.
- The bodies of three more Palestinians killed in the food aid “massacre” have been recovered, bringing the overall death toll to 115, with some 760 wounded.
- Seven Israeli captives have been killed as a result of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, according to Hamas’s Qassam Brigades.
- At least 30,320 people have been killed and 71,533 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The revised death toll in Israel from the October 7 Hamas attacks stands at 1,139.
- African Union chief accuses Israel of ‘mass killing of Palestinians’ seeking aidThe African Union chief Moussa Faki Mahamat has accused Israel of “the mass killing of Palestinians” and urged an international probe after Israeli attacks on people seeking food aid in Gaza killed more than 115 and wounded at least 750.“The Chairperson of the African Union Commission H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat strongly condemns an attack by Israeli forces, that killed and wounded more than 100 Palestinians seeking life-saving humanitarian aid,” the bloc said in a statement posted on X.Click here to share on social media
- )Netanyahu dragging out war for ‘personal reasons’Palestine’s Foreign Minister Riad Malki, speaking at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Turkey, said Israeli PM Netanyahu was “prolonging the war” for his own interests and warned that he would likely order the invasion of Rafah if a ceasefire is not reached, according to Wafa news agency.“The Israeli occupation aims to strike all aspects of life in the Gaza Strip”, including by starving and thirsting Palestinians in Gaza and “depriving them of their most basic human rights”, Malki said at the forum.Click here to share on social media
- In Gaza, football is the only escape’Palestinian footballer Mahmoud Wadi hails from Khan Younis but is now living in Cairo playing club football for Arab Contractors in the Egyptian Premier League.He has lived through three Israeli military assaults on Gaza – in 2008, 2012 and 2014 – and says he remembers spending every night wondering if he would make it to dawn. This time, though, he remains worried about friends and family back in Gaza.“My cousin was martyred. My best friend was martyred. My childhood memories were destroyed. The occupation has destroyed all lives in Gaza,” he told Al Jazeera.“Even if someone survives this war, they won’t be able to live a normal life. There are no job opportunities, no education, no offices or markets in Gaza. They killed all life there. We cannot forget the suffering, but it can motivate us.”Read our Q&A with Wadi where he talks about growing up in Gaza amid wars, leaving it to follow his dream and the struggles of being a Palestinian footballer amidst the ongoing wr in Gaza.
- Palestine’s Mohammed Saleh and Mahmoud Wadi (r) [Molly Darlington/Reuters]
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-un-medics-say-many-gaza-aid-attack-victims-shot
