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Kites fly in Rafah as a smoke plume erupts during Israeli bombardment on Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, March 29, 2024. /CFP
At least 12 Palestinians were killed and 30 injured as Israeli bombed those who were responsible for securing aid in Gaza City on Saturday night, according to Palestine TV, despite the United Nations Security Council's resolution on Monday demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Medical teams struggled to transport the casualties, with some still lying on the ground awaiting assistance, security sources told Xinhua.
Israel Defense Forces has not commented on the incident.
To date, the Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 32,705, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry on Saturday.
In a press statement, the ministry said the Israeli army killed 82 people and wounded 98 others in the Palestinian coastal enclave during the last 24 hours.
A displaced Palestinian woman hangs clothes to dry near her tent as fishermen sail in a boat in Rafah, southern Gaza, March 30, 2024. /CFP
Egypt, Jordan and France oppose Rafah attack
The foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan, and France met in Cairo on Saturday to discuss joint efforts in resolving the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and finding a lasting solution to the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Jordanian and French counterparts, Ayman Safadi and Stephane Sejourne, called for "an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of all hostages and detainees," according to a joint statement released by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry.
They also warned against "the horrific consequences of the humanitarian situation, the famine and the collapse of the health system in the Gaza Strip," stressing their opposition to any attempts of forcible transfer and displacement of the Palestinian people.
The three foreign ministers demanded that Israel "lift all obstacles and allow and facilitate the use of all land crossing" to expand humanitarian aid delivery to the people of the war-torn enclave.
Regarding Israel's announced intention to attack Rafah, the southernmost city of Gaza, the three ministers said they "opposed any military attack on Rafah," which now shelters 1.5 million displaced Palestinians, warning any attack on Rafah will cause "massive loss of life and exacerbate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza."
A ship belonging to the Open Arms aid group, loaded with 240 tonnes of canned food destined for Gaza, prepares to set sail outside the Cypriot port of Larnaca, Cyprus, March 30, 2024. /CFP
Second shipment of aid on the way
A shipment of about 875 tonnes of food aid for Gaza residents left the port early on Saturday afternoon, semi-state Cyprus News Agency reported.
It said the food, mostly flour, rice and sugar, was loaded aboard three vessels and one platform which were already outside the port and heading to Gaza.
It is the second aid shipment to Gaza from Larnaca since the Amalthea marine aid corridor was initiated on March 12. The aid will be unloaded at a makeshift pier constructed on the Gaza coast with rubble from bombed-out buildings.
Deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou said ahead of the departure of the vessels that the cargo had already been inspected by the authorities of Cyprus, and necessary inspections had been carried out by the Israelis.
Under an agreement reached with Israel for the lifting of the 2007 sea blockade of Gaza, Israeli security agents were given the right to inspect aid items before loading them at Larnaca port.
(With input from agencies)