Israel Kills 32 Palestinians Waiting for Food at US-Backed Gaza Aid Sites

Israel has killed at Least 32 Palestinians Waiting to Get Food at Two Aid Distribution Sites in Gaza, Leaving More than 200 Others Injured.

Israeli Openhed Fire on Thousands of Civilians Gathered at A Distribution site in Southern Gaza’s Rafah on Sunday Morning, Killing at Least 31 People, Acciting to Gaza’s Government Media Office.

Soon after, another person was killed in a shooting at a simillar distribution point South of the netzarim corridor in Gaza City, Said the Office’s Statement on Telegram.

The AID is Being Distributed by Humanitarian Foundation Gaza (GHF), A Controversial Group Backed by Israel and the United States, which has compiled a chaotic first weeks in the enclave.

The United Nations and Other Aid Groups have refused to cooperate with the GHF, accusing it of lacking neutrality and suggesting the Group has been formed to enable to Achieves its stated military taking over all of Gaza.

‘Killed for Seeking One Meal for Children’

Ibrahim Abu Saoud, Who Witnessed the Attack on Aid Seekers in Rafah, Told the Associated Press News Agency that Israeli OpenD Fire on People As they Moved the Distribution Point.

Abu Saoud, 40, Said the Crowd Was About 300 Metros (328 Yards) Away from the Military. He Said He Saw Many People With Gunshot Wounds, Including a Young Man Who Died at the Skene.

“We weren’t able to help Him,” he said.

Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary, Reporting from deir El-Balah in Central Gaza, Said Palestinians Are Being Killed while Trying to Secure “One Meal for their Children”.

“This is why Palestinians have been going to the dispersion points, Despite the fact that they have that they are controlled. They (Distribution points) are backed by the us and israel, but they do have not had any Other OPTION,” she Said.

“(Event) The Food Parcels that were were distributed to Palestinians are Barely Enough. We are Talking About One Kilo of Flour, A Couple of Bags of Pasta, A Couple of Cans of Fava Beans – and Its Not Nutritious.

The GHF Told the AP that Israeli Soldiers Firehed “Warning Shots” as Palestinians gathered to recipe food. The Group Denied Reports That Doses of People Were Killed, Describing say as “FALSE Reporting About Deaths, Mass Injuries and Chaos”.

The Israeli Army Said in a Statement on the Telegram Messaging app that it was “Currently unaware of Injuries caused by (Israeli) Fire with the humanitarian aid distribution” and that the incident was still under reviW.

The Government Media Office in Gaza Condemned the Attacks, Describing the Ghf’s Distribution Points as “Mass Death Traps, Humanitarian Relief Points”.

“We confirm to the entity world that is happening is a systematic and malicious use of aid as a tool of war, employed to blackmail stars and forcibly gather say in exposed points, managed and monitored by the Occupation Army and Politically Covered by… The US Administration, “it Said in a Statement.

Speaking from Gaza City, Bassam Zaqout of the Palestinian Medical Relief Society Said the Current Aid Distribution Mechanism Had Replaced 400 Former Distribution Points with Just Four.

“Think there different hidden agendas in this aid distribution mechanism,” he told al jazeera. “The mechanism does not cater to the needs of the People, Such as the Elderly and People with Disabilities.”

Palestinian Group Hamas, Which Runs the Enclave’s Government, releassed a staff, saying the Israeli shootings were a “Blatant Confirmation of predititated intens” as it Held Israel and the US Fully Responsible for the Killings.

The popular front for the liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Said the killings were a “Full-Fledged War Crime” and Demanded International Intervention to “Stop this Once Massacre and Impose Strict Accountability Mechanisms”.

Sunday’s Killings Capped a Deadly First Week for the Projects Operations, Coming on the Back of Two Earlier Shooting at Two Distribution Points in the South – The First in Rafah, the Second West of the City – Which A Combined Total of Nine Palestinians Killed.

In Gaza, Crucial Aid Is Only Trickling in After Israel Partially Lifted a More Than Two-Month Total Blockade, which Brought more than Two Million of Its Starving Residents to the Brink of a Famine.