The IDF killed 59 and wounded 200 Palestinians near food aid centers in Gaza. The IDF said it was reviewing the matter. The shooting comes as many Gazans are in the grip of famine, according to international aid agencies. The UN said a "very limited" amount of food was being brought into the Strip. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Israel will not end the killing in Gaza until hundreds of thousands of Palestinians leave the enclave. "We will end this campaign when Syria is dismantled, Hezbollah is severely beaten, Iran is stripped of its nuclear threat, Gaza is cleansed of Hamas and hundreds of thousands of Gazans are on their way out of it to other countries, our hostages are returned, some to their homes and some to the graves of Israel," said Smotrich during his speech in the illegal settlement of Eli in the central occupied West Bank. Smotrich claimed that these are not only the goals of the government but rather a consensus of the Israeli people and soldiers.

Since Oct 2023, Israel has killed 55,493 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 129,320 others. Source: IDF Gaza Strategy. The hardworking American taxpayer, antiwar Samaritans, and progressives are tired of Islamophobia and funding ethnic cleansing. The Democratic Party will permanently lose seven to eight million supporters in future national elections, like former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, because of Israel's abominable cruelty. US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) recently called for ridding the Democratic Party of oligarchs and dark money,' but inexplicably does not cite one of the largest financial donors in US politics: AIPAC.