At least 20 people were killed in Gaza in airstrikes and shelling by the Israeli army on Saturday, according to the health authorities of Gaza. It is said that eight people who came in search of food were among them.

According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, 36 people injured in the attack were taken from the aid distribution center to a hospital in central Gaza.

AP reported that 10 people were killed in two separate attacks in central and southern Gaza on Saturday, citing health workers in Gaza. Nasser Hospital mentioned that five people were killed in the attack on the tent where the displaced people were staying. In another attack, two brothers and a relative were reportedly killed in an attack on a camp of displaced people near the main road in Khan Yunis. It is said that a mother and daughter were killed in another attack targeting displaced people who were taking shelter near the gate of a closed prison in Khan Yunis.

Similarly, in a house between Zawaida and Deir al-Balah, when the Israeli army attacked, two parents and their three children died, according to the Ministry of Health's ambulance and emergency services. Five other Palestinians were also killed when Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd waiting for aid between the newly constructed Morag Corridor and Khan Yunis in Rafah, the hospital said.

Israel's military did not immediately respond to the attack near the aid site. However, his top military general warned on Saturday that "the fight will continue" if his hostages are not released. Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir has argued that Israel's army had to attack to maintain pressure on Hamas for a ceasefire.

Local Palestinians are facing a severe food crisis due to Israel's ban on air and land aid distribution in the region. Also on Saturday, the situation became dire when Palestinians who came to receive food aid were fired at near the distribution site of the Gaza Human Aid Foundation (GHF), according to international media AP, citing eyewitnesses. "I helped to get the three people who were wounded by bullets out of there, but I saw many other wounded people lying on the ground in a bloody state," said Yahya Yusef, a local who was an eyewitness to the incident, told AP. The Ministry of Health in Gaza stated on Saturday that the Palestinian died. According to the ministry, one of the dead was also a child.

According to eyewitnesses that there is continuous shooting at four aid distribution centers supported by Israel in the northern region of the country, the GHF has denied that there were any attacks or casualties in or near its distribution centers. Moreover, US Ambassador Mike Huckabee commented on the distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza as an "unbelievable achievement" only on Friday. But one day later, 18 people were killed in the attack. The United Nations has repeatedly mentioned that the Palestinians in the region are facing starvation after Israel has been restricting the vehicles carrying food and humanitarian aid provided by the international community to enter Gaza. The international community is outraged at the Israeli attitude as the group's efforts to deliver aid are repeatedly interrupted by violent incidents.

International experts on hunger have said that the worst-case scenario of starvation is this week, saying that those seeking aid in Gaza are facing a crisis. In the last 22 months since Israel began military operations against Hamas, the security situation in the Gaza Strip, home to nearly two million Palestinians, has become dire, and the people of the area are facing extreme hunger due to the disruption of essential food supplies, according to AP.

Since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, at least 93 children have died in Gaza due to various causes of starvation and malnutrition. In addition, according to the calculations made by the Ministry of Health since the end of last June, 76 adults have also died due to malnutrition. Similarly, the report published on Thursday by the United Nations states that 859 people were killed from last May 27 to July 31 due to firing on the crowd going to seek relief at the aid distribution center of the GHF. In addition, hundreds of people were killed by bullets aimed at those trying to loot food on the roads of vehicles going to Gaza with food.

GHF has claimed that only tear gas is used as a warning at aid distribution centers and warning shots are fired to prevent the risk of the crowd becoming violent. The Israeli army said it only fired warning shots at approaching soldiers, and on Friday it also fired warning shots to secure routes under its control. But Israel and the GHF claim that the death toll in Gaza is "exaggerated".

Hostage families put pressure on Israel for a peace deal

Tel Aviv- The relatives and family members of the hostages held a massive protest in Tel Aviv asking the Israeli government to take strong action to release their loved ones held hostage by Hamas. About 20 of the 251 hostages kidnapped by Hamas are believed to be still alive. Hamas and Gaza's second-largest militant group, Islamic Jihad, released separate videos of the hostages this week, further angering their families and Israelis.

US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff also took the initiative for ceasefire talks only a week ago. He blamed the position taken by Hamas for the ceasefire as unfair and asked for the immediate release of the hostages. He expressed his commitment to find other ways to make Gaza safe.

Demonstrators are calling on the Israeli government to make an agreement to end the war, Lior Chorev, chief strategy officer of the Hostage and Missing Forum, said, "We request that this nightmare be stopped and the hostages be taken out of the hands of the militant groups as soon as possible." However, they said that this plan is still insufficient and very expensive for Gazans. "If there is the political will to allow air aid, there must be the same political will to open the roads," Philip Lazzarini, head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, wrote on Saturday X. "We must be allowed to do our work." According to the Ministry of Health.