Gaza: Israeli Munitions Found at US- and Israeli-Backed GHF Aid Site

Gaza (QNN)- The US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has dismantled its aid sites, fully transferring responsibility for humanitarian relief efforts to the United Nations and its affiliated agencies, as a ceasefire takes effect in the Palestinian enclave. Reports indicate that remnants of Israeli military munitions, previously used in attacks on starving aid seekers, have been found at the sites.

According to Al Jazeera, reporting from the Netzarim Corridor in central Gaza, “When we arrived, we found remnants of Israeli military munitions that had been used to attack Palestinians who were seeking aid. We can see remains of the shells and a few bullets that were fired at people trying to reach the site.”

This area was marked as an active “red zone”, and people were forced to travel long distances on foot to reach food supplies, especially during the famine-spreading period, from an aid site run by the GHF.

After more than 80 days of total Israeli blockade, starvation, and growing international outrage, limited aid was allegedly distributed by the GHF, a scandal-plagued organization backed by the US and Israel, created to bypass the UN’s established aid delivery infrastructure in the Gaza Strip.

Most humanitarian organisations, including the UN, have distanced themselves from GHF, arguing that the group violates humanitarian principles by restricting aid to south and central Gaza, requiring Palestinians to walk long distances to collect aid, and only providing limited aid, among other critiques. They have also said the model would increase forced displacement in Gaza.

Palestinians in Gaza and the UN described these sites as “mass death traps” and “slaughterhouses”.

Since GHF started operating aid sites in May, there were reports on near-daily shootings at or near GHF sites, starving aid seekers in Gaza and former US mercenaries have spoken out about witnessing gunfire against Palestinian crowds.

Human Rights Watch stated that Israel’s killing of aid seekers at GHF sites amounts to war crimes.

More than 1,800 Palestinian aid seekers have been killed trying to get food, at least 1,000 in the vicinity of GHF sites, according to the UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in August.