In the most recent attacks on Gaza residents seeking aid, Israeli forces and drones have reportedly killed dozens.
According to Palestinian health workers and witnesses, the violence, which occurred as Palestinians waited for aid at distribution centers across the enclave on Tuesday, may have resulted in the deaths of up to 50 people, despite the uncertainty of the numbers.
The controversial Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNWRA) has referred to as a “death trap,” established a recent wave of daily carnage near aid distribution points late last month.
Up to 50 people have been killed by Israeli fire near aid distribution centers since dawn, according to sources in Gaza hospitals, along with 21 others, according to sources in Gaza hospitals.
According to The Associated Press news agency, at least 25 people were killed in a collision on Salah al-Din Street south of Wadi Gaza in central Gaza, according to medical sources. 62 of the injured were in critical condition, compared to 140 others.
According to footage posted on Instagram and verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad agency, bodies were transported to al-Awda Hospital in the nearby Nuseirat refugee camp.
Following unverified rumor that the Israeli army had targeted people waiting for aid on al-Tina Street, reports of similar scenes from the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis were made.
According to Hani Mahmoud of Al Jazeera, both people who were approaching an aid station in Gaza City and Rafah in the south of the city reported killing both people.
According to him, “casualties were transported to various health facilities, including al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.” “Many people died waiting for medical care in the emergency room there,” according to the statement.
Witnesses claimed that Israeli forces were firing as aid trucks approached.
According to Ahmed Halawa, who claimed tanks and drones fired “even as we were fleeing,” “it was a massacre.”
After a group of people approached soldiers in an area close to the militarized Netzarim Corridor, the Israeli military announced it was reviewing reports of casualties from fire by its troops.
Israel claims that the “suspects” who approach soldiers have sparked previous shootings close to GHF aid sites.
Many of the shootings occurred without any prior notice, according to witnesses and humanitarian organizations.
“Death trap”
Since the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) took over the distribution of food and other essential supplies, aid seekers have been killed almost daily.
After Israel had completely stopped providing food to Gaza for more than two months, prompting warnings of widespread famine, the foundation launched its aid distribution program in late May.
The UN has resisted working with the GHF, citing concerns that it prioritizes Israeli military needs over humanitarian needs, and that it has criticized the organization for “weaponizing” aid.
Scenes of chaos and carnage regularly occur at the GHF distribution sites. Since the start of the GHF aid program, more than 400 people have died and 1, 000 have been injured by Israeli soldiers.
The UN agency’s director, Philippe Lazzarini, described the distribution of aid in Gaza as “an abomination” on Tuesday.
At a press conference in Berlin, the newly established so-called aid mechanism is described as an “abomination that humiliates and degrades desperate people.” More lives are lost because of it, according to the statement.
The International Commission of Jurists, a prominent group of lawyers and judges, condemned the GHF and demanded “an end to private militarized humanitarian aid operations in Gaza,” in a letter released on Monday.
The militarized and privatized aid delivery model used by GHF, according to Philip Grant, executive director of TRIAL International, “violates fundamental humanitarian principles.”
He added that those who supported or benefited from the GHF’s activities “resistanced to face serious consequences for complicity in war crimes, including the forced transfer of civilians and the starvation of civilians as a method of warfare.”
Source: Aljazeera
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