Israel kills 33 Gazans in 24 hours as UNRWA warns humanitarian crisis ‘beyond imagination’

At least 33 Palestinians have been killed in the past 24 hours in Gaza, health officials reported, as UNRWA has described Gaza’s humanitarian crisis “beyond imagination.”

The Palestinian Health Ministry reported on Monday that more than 90 others were also wounded during the past 24-hour period.

It said the fatalities included 29 newly confirmed deaths while four bodies were retrieved from under the rubble.

“A number of victims remain under the rubble and on the roads, unable to be reached by ambulance and civil defense crews,” it said.

According to the ministry, the death toll and injuries since March 18, 2025 has reached 2,749 martyrs and 7,607 injuries.

‘Beyond imagination’

This comes as the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has described the humanitarian situation in Gaza as a crisis “beyond imagination.”

“Air strikes, blockades, and starvation continue, with tens of thousands killed and injured,” UNRWA said in a post on X.

“Displaced families face collapsing infrastructure, sewage overflows, and empty markets. The siege must be lifted to ensure vital humanitarian and commercial supplies reach Gaza,” it said.

Israel launched its genocide in Gaza on October 7, 2023, after the Hamas resistance group carried out the historic Al-Aqsa Flood operation against the usurping entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.

Failed to achieve its declared objectives in Gaza, the Tel Aviv regime accepted Hamas’s longstanding negotiation terms under a Gaza ceasefire, which began on January 19.

Two months later, however, Israel unilaterally broke the truce and resumed its relentless bombing of Gaza.

The situation is compounded by the regime simultaneously tightening its blockade of Gaza to crippling proportions, cutting off vital supplies of food and medicine to the territory’s 2.3-million-strong residents.

The blockade imposed on Gaza since early March has also prevented any medicines or medical supplies from reaching Gaza and has plunged the region’s healthcare system into a catastrophic state.

Humanitarian groups have raised alarms about the growing restrictions on aid, with charity kitchens, the last source of food for many, shutting down as their supplies run out, and raising the prospect of dozens of additional closures.

According to the Gaza Health Ministry, the death toll since October 2023 has reached 52,862, most of them women and children.