11 Dead in Israeli Airstrike on Khan Younis… Gaza on the Brink of Total Collapse

3rd May 2025

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11 Dead in Israeli Airstrike on Khan Younis… Gaza on the Brink of Total Collapse

The Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip announced on Saturday morning that 11 Palestinians, including four children — three of them infants — were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting the Al-Bayram family home in the Khan Younis refugee camp in southern Gaza.

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Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal described the attack as a “new massacre,” stating that among the victims were a one-month-old infant and two other one-year-old babies, along with other family members. Rescue teams are still working to retrieve the victims from under the rubble amid extremely difficult field conditions.

Gaza on the Verge of Collapse

Amid escalating violence, humanitarian organizations have issued unprecedented warnings that Gaza is nearing a state of “total collapse,” as basic life necessities are almost entirely absent.

They stressed that the ongoing Israeli blockade is preventing the entry of food aid, fuel, and medical supplies, exacerbating an already catastrophic living situation.

The Norwegian Refugee Council, quoted by the Associated Press, stated that the region is witnessing an “artificial collapse of the civil system,” with food production becoming nearly impossible due to the destruction of agricultural infrastructure and repeated bombings targeting fishermen along Gaza’s coast. The Council added: “Israel has created a reality in which Palestinians cannot farm or fish.”

Gavin Kelleher, Director of Humanitarian Operations at the Council, said that aid organizations “no longer have tents to shelter the displaced,” and that “residents have run out of food supplies,” warning that thousands of people could die if the blockade continues.

Relief Networks Grinding to a Halt

The Palestinian NGO Network warned that 70 community kitchens in Gaza are at risk of shutting down within a week unless aid is allowed in.

Oxfam reported that mothers in Gaza are feeding their children only one meal a day amid an unprecedented shortage of basic necessities.

Fuel and food shortages have driven prices sharply higher, with food costs rising over 1,400% compared to the last ceasefire period, according to UN warnings of an “unprecedented hunger crisis.”

Toward Full-Scale Famine

Since the Israeli military resumed operations in Gaza on March 18, 2025, at least 2,308 Palestinians have been killed and 5,973 wounded, raising the death toll since the war began on October 7, 2023, to more than 35,000 people, with over 118,000 injured.

Humanitarian agencies have recorded nearly 10,000 cases of acute malnutrition among children, including 1,600 suffering from “severe acute malnutrition,” amid severe shortages of essential medicines and treatments. The World Health Organization has warned that Gaza’s health system is “on the verge of total collapse,” cautioning that a humanitarian catastrophe is imminent if the blockade is not urgently lifted.