The World Food Program has condemned an “unacceptable” incident in which Israeli forces opened fire on one of its convoys in Gaza.

Recent Israeli attacks have killed and injured dozens of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, and negotiations are ongoing. truce reached Trade in besieged areas.

Medical sources tell Al Jazeera Arabic Israeli bombing About 40 people were injured on Monday north of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. Casualties, including children, were also reported in the Mawasi area near Khan Younis.

Palestinian civil defense said they had recovered the bodies of three people killed in Israeli bombings in Nuserat and another in Kirbet Adas, north of Rafah.

Gaza’s health ministry said earlier on Monday that at least 49 people had died in the past 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian war death toll to 45,854.

Since the war broke out in October 2023, Israel has killed dozens of Palestinians every day in Gaza. Israel has also imposed a suffocating blockade on the territory, resulting in the displacement of nearly the entire Gaza population.

Harsh winter conditions have exacerbated the plight of Palestinians living in makeshift tents, who already struggle with hunger and a lack of medical care.

The Gaza government media office said on Monday that eight displaced Palestinians already dead Due to severe cold weather in recent weeks, the region warned that number could rise under severe conditions.

“We hold Israel’s occupation solely responsible for the deterioration of humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip, as well as the U.S. government and countries that support and participate in the genocide,” the office said in a statement.

It called on international organizations and Arab and Muslim countries to urgently intervene to save civilians in Gaza.

The World Food Program (WFP) on Monday accused Israeli forces of opening fire on one of its convoys a day earlier.

The statement said there were no casualties in the shooting and it was “unacceptable.”

WFP said: “The World Food Program strongly condemns the horrific events that occurred on 5 January, when a clearly marked WFP convoy was shot at by Israeli forces near the Wadi checkpoint in Gaza, leaving our work People’s lives were in grave danger and the vehicle was immobilized,” in a statement.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yov Galante face arrest warrant The International Criminal Court (ICC) accused it of committing war crimes in Gaza, including using “starvation as a tactic of war.”

Diplomatic efforts continue against the backdrop of violence and a humanitarian crisis in Gaza to reach a ceasefire that would free Israeli prisoners held by Hamas and other Palestinian groups.

Hamas officials told multiple media outlets on Monday that the organization is willing to release 34 Israeli prisoners in the first phase of the agreement, and will also release an unspecified number of Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.

It is unclear how many Israeli prisoners on the original list are still alive. Hamas says Israeli bombings have killed several prisoners since the war began.

Israeli media reported on Monday that Mossad chief David Barnea A trip to Doha to finalize the deal was postponed while Israel awaited Hamas’s response to the proposal.

Incoming US President Donald Trump reiterated on Monday that “there will be a heavy price to pay” if he does not release prisoners before returning to the White House for a second term on January 20.