A video shows that Israeli soldiers pepper-sprayed desperate and starving Palestinian aid seekers at one of Gaza’s controversial aid agency’s distribution points.
Israeli troops were seen strewn with pepper spray on a crowd in Shakoush in Rafah, a 20-second video that Al Jazeera’s news agency Sanad verified.
Three armed soldiers spraying pepper spray at the Palestinians at the Israeli- and US-backed GHF aid point are captured in a mobile phone video that was released late on Saturday and was captured on July 10 and was later shared on social media.
Palestinians who were receiving aid in the Al Shakoush area of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, were pepper-sprayed by GHF security personnel. 10/7/2025 pic. twitter.com/uZbhyoMgdM
Men, women, and children were spotted rushing away from the soldiers in all directions, some wearing clothes and others frantically leaving the scene while carrying bags of flour with them.
At least 891 people have died trying to get food since the GHF started operating in Gaza in late May, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health on Saturday.
At least 674 of those killed “in the vicinity of GHF sites,” according to a report released on July 15 by the UN.
After Israel lifted a more than two-month total blockade on the enclave, Gaza’s vast UN-led aid delivery network has been effectively slowed down by the highly critical aid operation.
At least 54 more Palestinians were killed on Sunday in Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, 51 of whom were aid seekers, until 10:30 GMT on Sunday, according to the video of Palestinians being pepper-sprayed.
At least 38 aid seekers were among the 116 Palestinians killed in the enclave on Saturday, out of which 116 were from Palestine.
When Israeli troops fired warning shots and quickly opened fire, Palestinian Mahmoud Mokeimar, a Palestinian from Gaza, claimed he was walking with a crowd of people, mostly young men, toward the GHF hub.
He told The Associated Press news agency, “The occupation opened fire at us indiscriminately.”
Mokeimar reported seeing numerous injured people fleeing and at least three motionless bodies on the ground.
Palestinians have no choice but to risk their lives for something to eat, according to Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary, who is a journalist from Deir el-Balah in Gaza.
“Parents visit the GHF distribution sites and run the risk of leaving their children starving.” The market has no options at all. Everything has a very high price tag.
Palestinians, including young people and children, are still dying in Gaza from starvation.
A source at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza City reported to Al-Jazeera on Sunday that four-year-old Razan Abu Zaher had died from malnutrition and hunger complications.
The director of al-Shifa Hospital reported on Saturday that two Palestinians had died from starvation, including a 35-day-old child.
As Israel continues to severely restrict access to food in Gaza and shoot people who need aid, the Health Ministry reported on Friday that hungry Palestinians are visiting hospitals in emergency departments across Gaza in “unprecedented numbers.”
Source: Aljazeera
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