Israeli airstrikes on Gaza over the past 24 hours have reportedly killed at least 38 people. A Palestinian journalist and school children were among the victims.

Al Jazeera has reported that Sunday’s death toll could be as many as 57.

The director of the Barq Gaza news agency, Hassan Majdi Abu Warda, was killed along with members of his family in an airstrike that hit his house on Sunday. His death raised the number of Palestinian journalists killed since October 2023 to 220.

At least twenty-five people, including eleven children, were killed in a strike on the Fahmi al-Jarjawi School that resulted in a large fire. The Civil Defense Service is still inside the school uncovering bodies from the rubble, Al Jazeera journalist Hani Mahmoud reports.

Last Monday, Israel lifted their aid blockade after 11-weeks, allowing a limited number of supplies into Gaza. Doctors Without Borders called the lift “ridiculously inadequate”.

On Sunday, four-year-old Mohammed Yassine starved to death, joining the 29 starvation related deaths in recent days. More deaths are expected from malnutrition after aid continues to be prevented from entering at the border.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese spoke on the issue.

“I made it very clear that Australia finds these actions as completely unacceptable and we find Israel’s excuses and explanations completely untenable and without credibility. People are starving. The idea that a democratic state withhold supply is an outrage. That is my clear position,” Albanese said.

The Gaza media office says Israel is now in control of 77 percent of the Gaza Strip. This follows the Israeli security cabinet’s announcement of intent to “capture” all of Gaza.

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