The woman and the two children were crushed to death in the crowd queuing to get bread, according to information from the al-Aqsa hospital where the bodies were taken after the chaos at the bakery.
Due to flour shortage, several bakeries in Gaza were forced to close for several days last week. When they reopened, hundreds of desperate Gazans gathered, as shown in video clips from AP where people are pushing and screaming at a bakery in Dayr al-Balah.
The incident sheds harsh light on the growing food crisis in Gaza. According to the UN and several aid organizations, hunger and desperation are increasing in the war-torn area day by day. The flow of emergency aid to Gazans is at record-low levels since the start of the war in October last year, according to Israeli figures.
In the past 24 hours, around 30 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks, reports the news agency Efe, citing the health department in Hamas-ruled Gaza. Many are said to be trapped in the rubble. According to the Qatari media company Al Jazeera, Israeli military has stopped ambulances and rescue workers from reaching the injured in Nuseirat.
Among those killed in the past 24 hours is a doctor at Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahia in the besieged northern Gaza, writes Efe. Deadly attacks are also reported from Gaza City in the north and Khan Yunis in the south.
