Toll includes 13 people trying to get food near distribution point, as Israeli cabinet to discuss next stages of offensive
Israeli airstrikes and gunfire killed at least 18 people in and around Gaza City, local health authorities said, as Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet prepared to discuss plans to seize the city.
Residents of Sheikh Radwan, one of the largest neighbourhoods of Gaza City, told reporters the area had been under Israeli tank shelling and airstrikes throughout Saturday, overnight and on Sunday morning, forcing many families to flee.
Local authorities said the latest toll from Israeli tank and gunfire included 13 people who were trying to get food near a food distribution site in the central Gaza Strip, and at least two in a house in Gaza City. An Israeli army spokesperson said it was reviewing the report.
In Barcelona, a humanitarian aid flotilla carrying activists including Greta Thunberg prepared to set sail for the shattered territory on Sunday, two days after the Israeli military ended temporary pauses in the area that had allowed for some aid deliveries.
