At least four people were killed and others injured by an Israeli fire about one kilometer of a food distribution point in Gaza, said that Palestinian health officials said that the latest victims of a new system to provide supplies which, according to criticism, are contrary to ethics, chaotic and dangerous.
Palestinian witnesses said the Israeli forces had opened fire on Sunday morning when people were going to receive supplies from a site in Rafah led by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), an Israeli group supported by the United States.
The Israeli army said it had shot warning on people who had approached her strength. He recognized injury reports but did not specify how many people he thought he had been affected.
Bodies were brought to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Al-Awda Hospital said he had received the body of a 42-year-old man, as well as 29 people who had been injured near another GHF distribution point.
The reuters news agency reported that four people had been killed by the Israeli fire, while the Associated Press left the number of deaths “at least” five.
Deaths bring the number of people who have been killed while trying to find food in Gaza since May 27, when the GHF has become responsible for the supply of civil food, at 110. More than 1,000 were injured.
Witnesses said that the Sunday shooting in the south of Gaza had taken place around 6 am, when they were told that the site would open. Many had moved to him early to try to desperately need food before the crowd. The army had announced on Friday that the sites would be open from 6 a.m. and that the area would be a closed military zone from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.
A GHF spokesman said that there had been “no incident to or in (the) environment” of a distribution site.
Adham Dahman, 30, who was at Nasser Hospital with a bandage on the chin, told Associated Press that a tank had fired in their direction. “We didn’t know how to escape,” he said. “It’s a trap for us, not an aid.”
Zahed Ben Hassan, another witness, said that someone next to him had been shot in the head. He said that he and others had pulled the body of the scene and had managed to flee to the hospital.
“They said it was a safe area from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. … So why did they start shooting us?” He said. “There was light, and they have their cameras and can clearly see us.”
Sanaa Dhhmah told Reuters that her husband Khaled, 36, was fatally shot in the head while trying to reach a distribution site in Rafah to collect food for their five children.
Khaled’s aunt, Salwah, said during his funeral: “He was going to take food for his children and himself, to make them live, feed them, because they do not have a pinch of flour at home.”
There have been frequent shots in the past two weeks near new hubs, where thousands of Palestinians aim to collect food.
The GHF announced on Wednesday that its operations would be suspended for 24 hours after Israeli troops opened fire on a crowd of Palestinians, while he pressed Israel to improve civil security beyond the perimeter of its distribution sites.
Israeli troops killed at least 27 People and injured hundreds on Tuesday well beyond the perimeter of the distribution sites. They denied having shot on civilians, but a defense manager of Israel admitted that soldiers had fired “guard at several suspects who advanced to the troops” near the food distribution site, without specifying who were the suspects.
On June 1, 31 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fires when they were going to receive food. Israel said it had fired on several suspects who have advanced to the troops.
Israel has not authorized foreign journalists to enter Gaza since October 7, 2023, unless they are under Israeli military escort. Journalists who join these trips have no control over where they go, and others restrictions Include a bar to talk to the Palestinians of Gaza.
Palestinian journalists and media workers inside Gaza paid a heavy price for their work on war, with more 180 killed Since the start of the conflict.
The committee to protect journalists determined that at least 19 of them “were directly targeted by Israeli forces in the murders that CPJ classified as murder.”
Foreign journalists based in Israel have filed a legal petition Seeking access to Gaza, but it was rejected by the Supreme Court for security reasons. Private lobbying by diplomats and public calls by eminent journalists And media have been ignored by the Israeli government.
To guarantee precise Gaza reports given these restrictions, the Guardian works with trusted journalists in the field; Our visual teams check the photo and videos of third parties; And we use clearly obtained data from organizations which have history of providing precise information to Gaza during past conflicts, or other conflicts or humanitarian crises.
Emma Graham-Harrison, chief correspondent of the Middle East
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War coverage in Gaza is limited by Israeli attacks on Palestinian journalists and a bar on international journalists entering the Gaza Strip to independently report war.
Israel has not authorized foreign journalists to enter Gaza since October 7, 2023, unless they are under Israeli military escort. Journalists who join these trips have no control over where they go, and others restrictions Include a bar to talk to the Palestinians of Gaza.
Palestinian journalists and media workers inside Gaza paid a heavy price for their work on war, with more 180 killed Since the start of the conflict.
The committee to protect journalists determined that at least 19 of them “were directly targeted by Israeli forces in the murders that CPJ classified as murder.”
Foreign journalists based in Israel have filed a legal petition Seeking access to Gaza, but it was rejected by the Supreme Court for security reasons. Private lobbying by diplomats and public calls by eminent journalists And media have been ignored by the Israeli government.
To guarantee precise Gaza reports given these restrictions, the Guardian works with trusted journalists in the field; Our visual teams check the photo and videos of third parties; And we use clearly obtained data from organizations which have history of providing precise information to Gaza during past conflicts, or other conflicts or humanitarian crises.
Emma Graham-Harrison, chief correspondent of the Middle East
Israel imposed a blockade on all supplies In Gaza in March, saying that Hamas grabbed deliveries for its fighters, which the group denies. A global hunger instructor said in May that half a million people in the band faced famine. THE Estimated IPC that nearly 71,000 children under the age of five should be “malnourished”, with 14,100 cases which should be serious in the next 11 months.
The hubs are installed in Israeli military areas, to which independent media do not have access, and are led by GHF, a new group of mainly American entrepreneurs. Israel wants him to replace a system coordinated by the United Nations and international aid groups.
The UN and other humanitarian organizations have rejected the new system, saying that the GHF will not be able to meet the needs of 2.3 million people from Gaza and that it allows Israel to use food as a weapon to control the population.
Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report
