“Mass Death Traps and Bloodshed”: 102 Starving Aid Seekers Killed by Israeli Forces Near US-Backed Distribution Points in Gaza: Media Office
Gaza (Quds News Network)- At least 102 starving civilians have been killed by Israeli forces over the past eight days near aid distribution centers run by the controversial US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).
According to Gaza’s Government Media Office on Tuesday, 102 starving Gazans have been killed and 490 others injured by Israeli fire near GHF aid distribution points in southern Gaza’s Rafah and the so-called Netzarim Corridor in central Gaza since Israel’s new aid mechanism was launched on May 27.
The Office accused Israel of “a horrific, intentionally repeated crime”, saying it has been luring starving Palestinians to its US-backed aid distribution centres and then opening fire on them.
“The so-called ‘aid’ distribution centres, which are located in exposed and dangerous red zones under the control of the occupation army, have turned into mass bloodbaths, luring starving civilians to them as a result of the crippling famine and the tightening siege,” the Office said.
“They are then deliberately and coldly shot, in a scene that epitomises the malice of the project and exposes its true objectives,” it added.
The Office called on “the United Nations, its Security Council and human rights organisations to assume their moral and legal responsibilities, take immediate action, and exert pressure using all available means to open official crossings without interference or conditions from the occupation”.
The latest attack occurred early Tuesday morning, when Israeli fire killed 27 aid seekers and injured 90 others as they waited for food distribution in the al-Alam area of Rafah.
