Two Palestinians were killed and several others injured on Sunday evening when Israeli artillery shelled the al‑Joren area of Jabalia town in northern Gaza, while two infants died from malnutrition as the devastated Gaza Strip remains under a deadly siege amidst constant Israeli violations.
The Israeli army shelled a densely populated section of Jabalia al‑Balad, where families displaced from earlier attacks have been sheltering, killing two Palestinians and injuring several others.
Emergency crews said they were unable to reach all the wounded because access roads remain destroyed and Israeli fire continues in the area.
In addition, two Palestinian infants; Wassim Hammouda, 1, and two‑month‑old Sanad al‑Sharif, died from malnutrition at Al‑Aqsa Hospital in Deir al‑Balah, in central Gaza.
Their deaths come as the Israeli blockade continues to restrict the entry of food, medicine, and essential supplies into the besieged Strip.
The latest developments came as Israel imposed a full closure on all crossings in the occupied Palestinian territories, including the Rafah crossing with Egypt, deepening fears of a renewed famine in the Gaza Strip.
The closure, announced Saturday and effective Sunday, halts the movement of goods and people at a time when Gaza’s population is already facing severe shortages of food, fuel, and medicine.
Israeli authorities linked the shutdown to the joint U.S.–Israeli military offensive launched against Iran, but humanitarian agencies warn that the decision effectively cuts off Gaza’s last remaining supply routes.
Breaking: Israel escalates its attacks on Palestinians — two people were killed and several others injured in an Israeli artillery strike targeting the Al-Jarn area in Jabalia al-Balad, northern Gaza.
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Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories said the closure applies to all crossings with the occupied West Bank and Gaza, including Rafah, “until further notice.”
Humanitarian officials stress that the move threatens to choke off essential supplies in a territory almost entirely dependent on what enters through these crossings.
The shutdown follows months of deliberate restrictions that have already pushed large parts of Gaza to the brink of starvation.
Since the declared “ceasefire” on October 11, 2025, the cumulative toll has risen to 629 Palestinians killed and 1,693 injured, with 735 bodies recovered from destroyed areas. The overall death toll since October 7, 2023, has reached 72,096 killed and 171,791 injured. These numbers align with casualty patterns reported by major Palestinian and international outlets documenting the inability of rescue teams to reach bombed neighborhoods amid ongoing Israeli operations.
Humanitarian organizations warn that the renewed closure of crossings risks accelerating famine conditions.
Previous periods of tightened blockade have led to widespread hunger, with families surviving on minimal food distributions and makeshift aid channels.
The latest shutdown, combined with continued bombardment, threatens to deepen the crisis at a moment when Gaza’s health system, food networks, and civil‑defense infrastructure are already near total collapse.
Bodies remain under collapsed buildings and in open streets in northern Gaza, where emergency workers say they cannot reach many of the wounded due to ongoing shelling and the destruction of roads.
