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Yazan Musleh, 13, has a large white bandage on his thin torso and is lying in a hospital bed set up in a tent on the grounds of Nasser Hospital.

His father, Ihab, is agitated by the bloody dawn his sons and he and his sons experienced on Sunday when Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd of people gathering for aid from the Israeli-conceived and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

Yazan and his 15-year-old brother Yazid had been transported by Ihab, 40, to the Rafah distribution point where the GHF operates from their shelter in al-Mawasi, Khan Younis.

They made the journey to the al-Alam Roundabout in Rafah, which is close to the distribution point, before dawn, and spent about an hour and a half walking there.

Ihab told his sons to wait for him on an elevation close to the GHF gates because they were concerned about the size of the crowded, hungry crowd.

He claims that as I looked behind the hill, I noticed several tanks close by. “I started to feel fear.” What if something went wrong or they started shooting? I prayed for protection from God.

Heavy gunfire erupted from all directions as the crowd gathered near the gates.

“I was terrified,” he said. He recalls that I saw Yazan get shot and collapse as I turned to my sons on the hill right away.

Yazid, who is also by his brother’s bedside, describes the traumatic events.

Our father said, “We were standing on the hill when the tanks suddenly started to fire.” He asserts. “My brother was immediately struck in the stomach.”

“It was horrifying to see his intestines pour out.” Then, in a donkey cart, he was rushed to the hospital.

Ihab was trying to fight the crowd while avoiding the shots that were still ringing out by the gates while attempting to reach his sons.

“Shooting was coming from quadcopters and tanks in every direction.”

I observed people assisting my son before dragging him away.

Ihab ran toward Nasser Hospital in hopes that Yazan had been taken there when he was able to escape the crowd. He claims it lasted more than an hour.

He discovered Yazan had undergone surgery at Nasser Hospital.

I finally took a breath. I thanked God that he was still alive. He claims that I had lost all hope.

Yazan’s intestines and spleen were torn up, and doctors now recommend lengthy, intensive treatment for him.

Iman, his mother, sits next to him and ponders why anyone would shoot at people who are trying to get food. The youngest of the five children, who is seven months old, is a girl, is from her and Ihab’s family.

I went to my children’s school to get food. Ihab claims that human habitation is killing us.

We are desperate because these aid distributions are well known and humiliating, but we are aware of this. My children are starving, and I’m desperate, but we are still shot at, right?

He claims that he had previously tried to get aid, but both times he ended up empty-handed.

There was a deadly stampede the first time. We hardly managed to escape. My son was hurt once more and did nothing, he claims.

He is aware that he can’t give up trying.

I’ll take my family’s safety. Either I survive or I pass away. I need help desperately. We are being killed by hunger.

The organization giving aid

The GHF, which was first introduced in early 2025 and is intended to “secure the distribution points,” is operated by private US military contractors.

Jake Wood, the GHF’s director, resigned two days before the distribution began, citing concerns that the organization would not adhere to humanitarian law or be impartial.

The Boston Consulting Group, which had been involved in the foundation’s planning and execution, withdrew its team and canceled its partnership with GHF five days later, on May 30.

The GHF and its methods have received unanimous criticism from international aid organizations.

We searched for food for our hungry kids.

Mohammed al-Homs, a 40-year-old father of five, is stumbling in the tent ward.

He also left early on Sunday for his family so he could get some food, but he claimed he had been shot twice in the leg and the mouth, causing my front teeth to break.

There were so many injured and dead people around me when I collapsed. Everyone was running and screaming. Gunfire was emitted by tanks and drones all over. The world seemed to be at its end, in my opinion.

Because medical personnel couldn’t reach the injured, he lay bleeding on the ground for what appeared to be an hour.

Then, word spread that the distribution gates had opened, and people began to travel to the center.

The only time it was possible to move the injured to a nearby medical facility was when.

Muhammad declares, “This was my first attempt at getting aid, and it will be my last.”

I didn’t anticipate surviving. We were met with tanks and drones as we searched for food for our afflicted children.

I never imagined that a box of food would cause me to die.

Khaled al-Lahham, 36, is another person who managed to get an aid package on the first day of distribution, on May 27 and who also volunteered to do it on Sunday.

Al-Lahham is caring for seven siblings who have been displaced in al-Mawasi’s tents, including his parents, an aunt, and seven siblings.

He was able to travel as close as he could to the al-Alam Roundabout roundabout with five friends that morning.

The six friends started kicking out of the car as the distribution period approached.

“Suddenly, there was screams and loud gunfire all around.” Khaled, who was unable to get out of the car, claims that he felt a sharp pain in his leg as a bullet had penetrated my thigh.

As people ran and screamed at me, I was screaming and bleeding. He adds that the shooting was irrational. “There were tanks, quadcopters, and fire from all directions,” the statement read.

Khaled was injured and huddled in the back seat until a friend drove him to the hospital and returned.

Khaled says, “I never imagined I’d be put to death for a box of food.”

Why do they lie to people and kill them in this manner if they don’t want to distribute the aid?

Two Chinese nationals have been accused of bringing a deadly fungus into the country, according to US federal prosecutors. Authorities claim the fungus could be used as a “potential agroterrorism weapon.”

The US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan released the charges against Jian Yunqing, 33, and Liu Zunyong, 34, two Chinese researchers, on Tuesday. Additional charges are brought against the pair, including conspiracy, visa fraud, and making false statements to investigators.

According to the prosecution, Liu allegedly brought the fungus Fusarium graminearum into the US to conduct research at his girlfriend’s job, a University of Michigan laboratory.

According to the allegations, Fusarium graminearum causes “head blight,” a disease that affects crops like wheat, barley, maize, and rice, and is “responsible for billions of dollars in economic losses worldwide every year.”

The pathogen can cause “vomiting, liver damage, and reproductive defects” and is also dangerous for people and livestock.

US Customs and Border Protection and the FBI, whose responsibilities include investigating international and economic espionage as well as counterterrorism, conducted the investigation.

Jian’s ties to the Chinese government are also being investigated as a result of the FBI’s earlier arrests and subsequent federal court appearances this week.

According to the allegations, Jian allegedly received funding from the Chinese government to conduct research on the same toxic fungus there.

According to the Associated Press news agency, Liu was returned to China from Detroit in July 2024 after airport customs officials discovered the fungus in his backpack. According to the AP, he later admitted to bringing the material into the US to conduct research at the University of Michigan, where he had previously collaborated with his girlfriend.

The FBI discovered a book titled “Plant-Pathogen Warfare under Changing Climate Conditions” on Liu’s phone during their investigation. Jian later lied to investigators about knowing about the smuggling scheme after receiving messages on the couple’s phones that read, “We knew.”

Due to the absence of a treaty between the US and China, it is unlikely that Liu will face extradition.

On X, FBI Director Kash Patel claimed on X that China was “working around the clock to deploy operatives and researchers to infiltrate American institutions and target our food supply, which would have serious consequences.”

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Yunqing Jian is alleged to have smuggled a dangerous fungus called “Fusarium graminearum,” which is…

A request for comment was not immediately addressed by the Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC.

On Tuesday, the University of Michigan released a concise statement condemning “any actions that seek to harm, threaten national security, or undermine the university’s essential public mission.”

The case comes a week after Marco Rubio, the secretary of state for national security, announced that he would start “aggressively” revoke Chinese student visas in the US on national security grounds.

Chinese nationals affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), a group of about 100 million people, are among the students who are being targeted. While some Chinese may join for ideological reasons, having access to better jobs and educational opportunities comes with being a member of the CCP.

Students from prestigious backgrounds, like those studying in the US, are frequently also members of the CCP.

Washington, DC: Her wrists were shackled. her thigh. Her calfet.

Ximena Arias Cristobal, 19, is still haunted by the experience even after leaving immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) custody.

The Georgia college student said she is still struggling with how her life has changed almost a month after her arrest. She was stopped early in the morning for a quick red light crossing. She was soon aware that she was in a detention facility and was scheduled to appear in court.

I’ll never forget that experience,” she says. Arias Cristobal recounting her time spent at the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, said at a news conference on Tuesday that it had left a lasting impression on both emotionally and mentally.

Knowing that millions of others have experienced and are still experiencing the same level of pain is what makes it hurt more, she added.

According to rights advocates, her case serves as an example of a “dragnet” deportation policy in the country, which targets people from all backgrounds regardless of their criminal history.

President Donald Trump had promised to “expel” “criminals” who were in the country “illegally” during his second campaign.

However, critics claim that immigration agents are targeting immigrants from a variety of backgrounds, despite the fact that they pose the least risk as he launches his “mass deportation” campaign from the White House.

According to Vanessa Cardenas, the executive director of America’s Voice, an immigration advocacy group, “the quotas that they are pushing for]are] creating this situation on the ground where ICE is literally just trying to go after anyone they can catch.”

She explained that among the most vulnerable groups are young, undocumented immigrants known as “dreamers.”

“We’re getting long-established, deeply rooted Dreamers and other people who have been in the United States for a long time,” Cardenas explained.

a group at risk

Arias Cristobal, a 3.6 million people known as “dreamers,” is a devoted runner who attends Dalton State College and studies nbsp, finance, and economics. Many were brought here as children, some with family members, and others with their own.

The US government has struggled to deal with these young, undocumented arrivals for decades.

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a new executive policy, was introduced by then-President Barack Obama in 2012. Younger immigrants who had been living in the US since June 2007 were granted temporary deportation protection.

DACA protection covers approximately 530, 000 Dreamers. However, TheDream’s leader, Gaby Pacheco, According to the US, that figure only accounts for a small portion of the population of young people who might be deported overall.

Some applicants arrived after the June 15, 2007, deadline for submission, while others were unable to apply. In recent years, new application processing has been halted. The federal court system is still flooded with legal disputes related to DACA.

“Sadly, there have been several Dreams in recent months. According to Pacheco, US scholars and alumni have been detained, detained, or even deported.

She noted that 90% of the Dreamers whose organizations support them in their first year of higher education are denied protections by DACA or other programs.

Overall, she claimed, the recent months have revealed the “painful truth” that “Dreamers are under attack.”

establishing quotas

However, Pacheco and others warn that the Trump administration’s initial months may be just a blip.

The Trump administration’s daily quota for immigration arrests increased from 1, 000 per day to 3, 000 last week, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.

An estimated $150 billion in government funding would also be increased by the current draft of Trump’s budget, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill, for deportation and other immigration-related activities. The Senate will likely consider the bill in the coming weeks because it narrowly passed the House of Representatives.

Even as supporters contend that Trump’s portrayal of the US as a nation overrun with foreign criminals is wildly out of step with reality, both actions could indicate a significant increase in immigration enforcement.

Undocumented immigrants commit fewer crimes, including violent crimes, than US-born citizens, according to studies that have been done before.

Additionally, the availability of data backs up Trump’s claims that there are numerous undocumented criminal offenders in the country.

According to a report from the TRAC research project, the rate of arrests and deportations has remained roughly the same as it was when Trump’s predecessor, former president Joe Biden, took office.

His administration made an average of 778 immigration arrests per day between January 26 and May 3, during Trump’s first four months in office. That is only 2% higher than the typical figure for Biden’s final months, which were roughly 759.

Under Trump, there were actually fewer daily removals or deportations than under Biden.

“As more and more pushback”

Pacheco and Cardenas both warned that increasing the number of arrests and deportations could result in more desperate tactics.

A policy that forbids immigration enforcement in sensitive locations, like churches and schools, has already been reversed by the administration. Additionally, it sought to immediately deport alleged gang members without the aid of a law passed in the year 1798 and to revoke temporary protections that made it possible for some foreigners to remain in the nation legally.

The Trump administration has also pressed local authorities to coordinate with ICE in an effort to increase immigration arrests. According to section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the administration has so far delegated some immigration authority to local law enforcement, including the authority to make immigration arrests and elicit deportation screening.

In a series of traffic stops that resulted in nearly 100 immigration arrests in early May, the Tennessee Highway Patrol worked with ICE to coordinate the operation. In Massachusetts, ICE made 1,500 arrests in a further significant operation in the first half of June.

Marcelo Gomes Da Silva, an 18-year-old high school student who was traveling to volleyball practice, made a mass arrest in that incident. In Gomes Da Silva’s hometown of Milford, Massachusetts, his arrest sparked outcry and condemnation.

Cardenas cited those demonstrations as evidence of a growing opposition to Trump’s immigration policies as well as the overwhelming support for Arias Cristobal.

She said, “I believe we will experience more and more American pushback.”