Quds News Network

Gaza (Quds News Network)- Israeli forces have killed more than 120 starving aid seekers and wounded over 700 others as they desperately tried to access food at distribution sites run by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) since operations began on May 27. Gaza’s Government Media Office condemned the distribution sites as “human slaughterhouses”, accusing Israeli forces of luring desperate civilians to their deaths. At least 13 Palestinians were killed and more than 150 injured after Israeli troops and American security contractors opened fire on crowds waiting for food near two aid distribution sites in Gaza, one east of Rafah and another near the Wadi Gaza Bridge in central Gaza. Sunday’s killings are the latest in a series of attacks on civilians seeking food at aid centres operated by the GHF. Since its operations in Gaza began, more than 120 people have been killed and more than 700 wounded by Israeli forces while desperately waiting for food at GHF aid sites. At least nine people are still missing. In a statement, Gaza’s Government Media Office condemned the distribution sites as “human slaughterhouses”, accusing Israeli forces of luring desperate civilians to their deaths. “These are war crimes and crimes against humanity,” the statement said, urging an independent international probe and an immediate suspension of GHF’s delivery model. The Israeli military admitted that its forces opened fire, claiming people “continued advancing in a way that endangered the soldiers”, and the area had been designated an “active combat zone” at night. However, survivors insist the shooting took place after sunrise. UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese called the GHF operation “humanitarian camouflage” and “an essential tactic of this genocide”. In a post on social media, Albanese blamed “the moral and political corruption of the world” for enabling the destruction of Gaza. On March 2, Israel announced the closure of Gaza’s main crossings, cutting off food, medical and humanitarian supplies, worsening a humanitarian crisis for 2.3 million Palestinians, according to reports by human rights organisations who have accused it of using starvation as a weapon of war against Palestinains. An Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report last month warned that almost a quarter of the civilian population would face catastrophic levels of food insecurity (IPC Phase Five) in the coming months. After more than 80 days of total blockade, starvation, and growing international outrage, limited aid has allegedly been distributed since May 27 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.

Israel Accused of Turning Gaza Aid Sites into ‘Human Slaughterhouses’

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