- RAFAH, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE - AUG. 1, 2025: Israeli forces targeted the Morag Corridor between Khan Younis and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday, August 1, as Palestinians sought to receive humanitarian aid.

A UN official raised alarm on Friday over the growing number of fatalities and injuries among civilians in the Gaza Strip who are being killed while trying to secure basic food supplies.

Citing the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), deputy spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters that large numbers of people reportedly continue to be killed and injured while searching for food.

"According to our human rights colleagues, more than 100 people were killed in the past two days alone, with hundreds of others injured along food convoy routes or near Israeli militarized distribution hubs," Haq added.

OCHA reiterates that "no one should ever be forced to risk their life to find food," he added.

Rejecting international calls for a ceasefire, the Israeli army has pursued an offensive on Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, killing more than 60,300 Palestinians, most of them women and children. The relentless bombardment has destroyed the enclave and led to food shortages.