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Drip-fed aid, a starving population and the most air strikes since October 7: Gaza’s growing crisis in numbers | The Independent
Israel’s Operation Gideon’s Chariots has seen an escalation in attacks in Gaza. Alicja Hagopian reports
Source: The Independent | 8 June 2025
It has been around 80 days since Israel launched “pre-emptive” strikes on Gaza in March, effectively ending a fragile ceasefire with Hamas and resuming the conflict.
Two months later, Benjamin Netanyahu’s government launched Operation Gideon’s Chariots, an intensification of military action in Gaza with the aim of taking control of the entire strip. It has seen mass evacuation orders and restricted flows of aid with widespread reports of food shortages.
The latest figures from the Hamas-run health ministry say that 54,607 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza and a further 125,341 people injured, since around 1,200 people were killed in the Hamas attacks on 7 October, 2023.
Since the ceasefire broke in mid-March, Israel’s attacks on Gaza have ramped up significantly, with around 1,500 strikes recorded. May has been the most intensive month since 7 October, according to conflict specialist non-profit ACLED (Armed Conflict Location and Event Data).
