DEADLY attacks by the Israelis in Gaza showed no signed of lessening today as at least 51 Palestinians were killed.

The relentless bombardment followed the killing of two Israeli embassy staff in Washington DC.

Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim were shot on Wednesday evening while leaving an event at a Jewish museum.

The attack, which comes as the humanitarian situation continues to decline in Gaza, prompted Israeli missions to beef up security and lower their flags to half-mast.  

Palestine Health Minister Majid Abu Ramadan said 29 “starvation-related deaths” were registered for children and the elderly in Gaza in recent days while thousands more are considered to be at risk.

Mr Ramadan told reporters: “In the last couple of days, we lost 29 people.” 

The United Nations said on Wednesday it was trying to get the desperately needed aid that has entered Gaza this week into the hands of Palestinians amid continuing delays. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel is days away from implementing a new aid system in Gaza.

He said Israel plans to create a ”sterile zone” free of Hamas, where the population would be moved and receive supplies.

Mr Netanyahu insists he will only end the war if Hamas releases all hostages and steps down from power – and if US President Donald Trump’s plan to relocate the territory’s population outside Gaza is implemented. 

Palestinians, along with almost every government on Earth, have rejected Trump’s plan to empty Gaza and place the territory under US control.

Under international pressure, Israel has allowed only a few aid trucks into Gaza after blocking all food, medicine, fuel and other material for nearly three months. But hardly any has reached the Palestinians.

Food security experts have warned that Gaza risks falling into famine unless the blockade ends. Malnutrition and hunger have been mounting.

Aid groups ran out of food to distribute weeks ago, and most of the population of around 2.3 million relies on communal kitchens whose supplies are nearly depleted.

At a kitchen in Gaza City, Somaia Abu Amsha scooped small portions for her family, saying they have not had bread for more than 10 days and she can’t afford rice or pasta.

She said: ”We don’t want anything other than that they end the war. We don’t want charity kitchens. Even dogs wouldn’t eat this, let alone children.”