Mahmoud Abbas urges Trump to allow UN agencies to deliver aid, calls mass displacement and starvation of Palestinians a ‘stain on humanity’ - Anadolu Ajansı

More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since May while trying to get food in Gaza, mostly near food sites run by an American contractor, the U.N. human rights office said.

More than 100 charity and human rights groups say Israel’s blockade and ongoing military offensive are pushing Palestinians in the Gaza Strip toward starvation. Israeli strikes meanwhile killed another 21 people overnight and into Wednesday, according to local health officials.

Thirty Palestinians were killed and 60 others were injured by Israeli military action while waiting for aid in the north of the Gaza Strip, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported on Sunday.

"Sadly, this act adds to the continuous military attacks against the civilian population and places of worship in Gaza."

Also known as the Gaza Strip, Gaza is a territory about 25 miles long and 7.5 miles wide bounded by Israel, Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea.

With 42,059 people per square mile, Gaza City is the 63rd-most densely inhabited urban region in the world. At least eight Palestinian refugee camps lie in the Gaza Strip and have some of the ...

The Gaza Strip is a piece of land occupied by Palestinians, bordering both Egypt and Israel. The area has remained a focal point of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict for decades.

The Gaza Strip is one of two designated Palestinian territories, the other being the West Bank. It is divided into five governorates : Gaza City, North Gaza, Rafah, Deir el-Balah and Khan Younis.

Health workers and aid groups fear hunger that has been building in Gaza for months under Israel's blockade is now reaching a tipping point into accelerating death.