Mahmoud Almadhoun, 33, walked towards Kamal Adwan Hospital early Saturday to drop off produce to hundreds of patients in the besieged Beit Lahiya neighborhood, in northern Gaza. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey killed him on the spot,\u201d Hani Almadhoun, Mahmoud\u2019s brother, said on Monday. \u201cThey\u2019ve targeted him\u2026 It is an attack against him. It\u2019s not an accident.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cThey thought they could save him, but they said the sniper fire started shooting at them or near them,\u201d he added. \u201cThey tried to find another route and they couldn\u2019t. So, they just took him home, said a final goodbye, wrapped him in a blanket [and] quickly buried him.\u201d <\/p>\n
The Israeli military campaign in Gaza since the Hamas-led October 7 attacks has eviscerated entire families, turned once-lively neighborhoods into sprawling displacement areas, and triggered a humanitarian crisis of severe hunger, dehydration and disease. <\/p>\n
At least 44,502 Palestinians have been killed since Israel launched its war in Gaza, according to the Ministry of Health there. Another 105,454 people have been injured, the ministry added. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere is nobody there to support them,\u201d he said. \u201c[Mahmoud] was their breadwinner, and he was the father. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe had a soft side to him. He was a jokester. He was always teasing my mom and dad. He just cared for his neighbors.\u201d <\/p>\n
Before the war, Mahmoud owned a store selling mobile devices. But like many other retailers in the enclave, Israel\u2019s bombing campaign destroyed his business. Instead, he turned to running a soup kitchen. <\/p>\n
Then on October 5, Israeli forces unleashed a volley of aerial and ground attacks on three neighborhoods in northern Gaza, decimating entire street blocks, compounding chronic hunger and leaving emergency crews unable to rescue civilians wounded by the onslaught. <\/p>\n
The Israeli military says the attacks are targeting Hamas\u2019 renewed presence in the region. More than 3,700 Palestinians have been killed there, according to Gaza\u2019s Government Media Office (GMO). Another 10,000 people have been injured, the GMO said on Monday. <\/p>\n
As Israel\u2019s attacks intensified, the soup kitchen\u2019s operations became increasingly precarious, Hani recalled. In the days preceding his death, Mahmoud delivered meals for as many as 200 to 250 families per day. He started sending produce to the nearby Kamal Adwan Hospital, serving patients and medical staff, according to his cousin based in Gaza. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe refused to leave the north. When we fled the north, we spoke with him and urged him to come with us, but he declined, saying, \u2018As long as there are people and the hospital is here, I will stay to support and provide them services. I cannot leave.\u2019 <\/p>\n
\u201cHe had a kind heart and was very active in providing psychological support for children and helping those in need.\u201d <\/p>\n
Virtually no aid has entered besieged parts in northern Gaza since early October, the UN reported on November 19. Famine is \u201cimminent\u201d in those areas of northern Gaza, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), which assesses global food insecurity and malnutrition, said on November 8. <\/p>\n
On Monday, the Israeli agency that controls the flow of aid into Gaza said that the UN\u2019s World Food Programmed collected 52 food trucks through the Erez West crossing, for distribution in the northern Gaza Strip. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis is really reliving the Nakba,\u201d Hani added, referring to \u201cthe catastrophe\u201d of 1948 \u2013 when at least 700,000 Palestinians fled or were forcibly expelled from their homes in historic Palestine, during the creation of Israel. <\/p>\n
\u201cMahmoud, and people like him, were doing God\u2019s work. And that was good enough to put a target on his back,\u201d he said. \u201cHe was punished because he was helping people fight the famine.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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