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94 Palestinians killed in Gaza: authorities
Airstrikes and shootings killed 94 Palestinians in Gaza overnight, including 45 who were attempting to get much-needed humanitarian aid. Five people were killed while outside sites associated with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. 40 others were killed waiting for aid in other locations across the Gaza Strip. Number of Palestinians killed in Gaza has passed 57,000, including 223 missing people who have been declared dead, since the war began on October 7, 2023. The deaths come as Israel and Hamas inch closer to a possible ceasefire that would end the 21-month war.
Israel’s military did not immediately comment on the strikes.
Five people were killed while outside sites associated with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the newly-created, secretive American organisation backed by Israel to feed the Gaza Strip’s population, while 40 others were killed waiting for aid in other locations across the Gaza Strip.
Dozens of people were killed in airstrikes that pounded the Strip Wednesday night and Thursday morning, including 15 people killed in strikes that hit tents in the sprawling Muwasi zone, where many displaced Palestinians are sheltering.
A separate strike on a school in Gaza City sheltering displaced people also killed 15 people.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza has passed 57,000, including 223 missing people who have been declared dead, since the war began on October 7, 2023.
The ministry doesn’t differentiate between civilians and combatants in its death count but says that more than half of the dead are women and children.
The deaths come as Israel and Hamas inch closer to a possible ceasefire that would end the 21-month war.
Trump said on Tuesday that Israel had agreed on terms for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza and urged Hamas to accept the deal before conditions worsen. But Hamas’ response, which emphasised its demand that the war end, raised questions about whether the latest offer could materialize into an actual pause in fighting.
The Israeli military blames Hamas for the civilian casualties because it operates from populated areas. The military said it targeted Hamas militants and rocket launchers in northern Gaza that launched rockets toward Israel on Wednesday.
The war began when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking roughly 250 hostages.
The war has left the coastal Palestinian territory in ruins, with much of the urban landscape flattened in the fighting. More than 90 per cent of Gaza’s 2.3 million population has been displaced, often multiple times. And the war has sparked a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, leaving hundreds of thousands of people hungry.
Militarized Gaza aid system shows Israel’s continued use of starvation as weapon of war, Amnesty report says
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The report published Thursday points at testimony gathered from medical staff, parents of children hospitalized for malnutrition and displaced Palestinians struggling to find food in the war-torn enclave.
“Their accounts provide further evidence of the catastrophic suffering caused by Israel’s ongoing restrictions on life-saving aid and its deadly militarized aid scheme coupled with mass forced displacement, relentless bombardment and destruction of life-sustaining infrastructure,” U.K.-based human rights group Amnesty International said in its report.
The latest report comes as at least 45 Palestinians were killed overnight on Wednesday in an attempt to find aid, Gaza’s Health Ministry said.
Five people were killed while outside sites associated with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), while 40 others were killed waiting for aid trucks in other locations across the Gaza Strip.
WATCH | Dozens of Palestinians killed while trying to reach aid on Thursday: Nearly 100 Palestinians killed overnight, including dozens waiting for aid: Gaza authorities Duration 4:54 Gaza health officials say at least 94 Palestinians were killed in shootings and Israeli airstrikes overnight, including 45 who were attempting to receive humanitarian aid.
The Israeli military said it was looking into the reports and that its forces were taking precautions to mitigate harm to civilians as it battled Palestinian militants throughout Gaza.
In a statement Tuesday, GHF rejected criticism of its operations. It said it has delivered the equivalent of more than 52 million meals through boxes such as lentils and rice.
Amnesty accuses Israel of turning aid access into ‘booby trap’
Since late May, when GHF launched operations, at least 650 Palestinians have been killed in shootings and more than 4,500 have been injured near GHF aid sites or on routes to the sites guarded by Israeli forces, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry in an update on Thursday.
The GHF launched operations after Israel lifted a complete blockade in the territory in May. Israel had cut off all access to medical, fuel and food supplies for nearly three months.
Amnesty said Israel has “turned aid-seeking into a booby trap for desperate starved Palestinians” through GHF’s militarized hubs, creating conditions of “a deadly mix of hunger and disease pushing the population past breaking point.”
It said the GHF distribution system appeared intended only to “placate international concerns” even as Israel allows in only a small amount of food for the UN to distribute separately.
“This devastating daily loss of life as desperate Palestinians try to collect aid is the consequence of their deliberate targeting by Israeli forces and the foreseeable consequence of irresponsible and lethal methods of distribution,” said Agnès Callamard, secretary general of Amnesty International.
“Not only has the international community failed to stop this genocide, but it has also allowed Israel to constantly reinvent new ways to destroy Palestinian lives in Gaza and trample on their human dignity.”
A Palestinian girl lies on a bed at Nasser Hospital where she receives treatment, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 30. (Hatem Khaled/Reuters)
The report comes on the heels of nearly 170 non-governmental organizations calling for the dismantling of the GHF-run aid system, saying it forces Palestinians to be caught between starvation and danger , in a joint statement Tuesday. The GHF said on Wednesday it was planning to shut its branch in Geneva after Swiss authorities launched proceedings to dissolve it.
Israel’s foreign minister denounced the Amnesty report, saying the organization has “joined forces with Hamas and fully adopted all of its propaganda lies.”
Amnesty accused Israel last year of committing genocide, saying it has sought to deliberately destroy Palestinians by mounting deadly attacks, demolishing vital infrastructure and preventing the delivery of food, medicine and other aid.
Israel has rejected allegations it is committing genocide in Gaza in the war with Hamas, and it is challenging the accusation filed by South Africa at the International Court of Justice.
GHF contractors say security staff heavily armed
Two U.S. contractors who spoke to The Associated Press on Wednesday on condition of anonymity said they were disturbed by what they considered dangerous and irresponsible practices by the GHF.
The contractors said the security staff hired were often unqualified, unvetted, heavily armed and seemed to have an open licence to do whatever they wished, adding that their colleagues regularly lobbed stun grenades and pepper spray in the direction of the Palestinians.
WATCH | Palestinians describe deadly attacks en route to GHF aid sites: ‘We saw death’: Palestinians describe violence near GHF aid sites on Monday Duration 1:10 At least 20 people were killed and 200 others wounded in Israeli fire near an aid distribution site in Rafah on Monday, according to medics. The deaths are the latest in mass shootings that have killed at least 300 Palestinians in the past several weeks, Gaza’s Health Ministry says, as they try to access food through the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s distribution system.
Last week, Israel’s Military Advocate General ordered an investigation into possible war crimes after Israeli newspaper Haaretz published allegations that Israeli soldiers were ordered by the army to deliberately fire at Palestinians attempting to reach aid distribution sites.
The Israeli military acknowledged on Monday that Palestinian civilians have been harmed at aid distribution centres in the Gaza Strip, saying that Israeli forces had been issued new instructions following “lessons learned.”
The Israeli army says it has fired warning shots to control crowds and only fires at people it says are acting suspiciously.
The foreign ministry and COGAT, the Israeli defence body in charge of co-ordinating aid to Gaza, said Israel has facilitated the entry of more than 3,000 aid trucks into the Gaza Strip since May 19.
Humanitarian organizations say that amount is not nearly enough to meet overwhelming need in Gaza.
An Israeli army tank advances in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel on Thursday. (Leo Correa/AP)
Israeli strikes pound Gaza overnight
Dozens of people were killed in airstrikes that pounded the strip Wednesday night and Thursday morning, including 15 people killed in strikes that hit tents in the sprawling Mawasi zone, where many displaced Palestinians are sheltering, and a strike on a school in Gaza City sheltering displaced people.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza has passed 57,000, including 223 missing people who have been declared dead.
The deaths come as Israel and Hamas inch closer to a possible ceasefire that would end the 21-month war. U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Israel had agreed on the terms for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza and urged Hamas to accept the deal before conditions worsen. But Hamas’s response, which emphasized its demand that the war end, raised questions about whether the latest offer could materialize into an actual pause in fighting.
WATCH | Israel said it wants a ceasefire, Hamas said it is studying the proposal: Latest Israel-Hamas ceasefire proposal met with uncertainty Duration 2:21 The status of the latest ceasefire between Israel and Hamas remains uncertain despite pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump. The Israeli government insists it wants to reach a ceasefire and hostage agreement, while Hamas said it is studying the proposal.
The Israeli military blames Hamas for the civilian casualties because it operates from populated areas. The military said it targeted Hamas militants and rocket launchers in northern Gaza that launched rockets toward Israel on Wednesday.
The war began on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking roughly 250 hostages.
The war has left the coastal Palestinian territory in ruins, with much of the urban landscape flattened in the fighting. More than 90 per cent of Gaza’s 2.3 million population has been displaced, often multiple times.
Airstrikes and shootings kill 94 Palestinians in Gaza including dozens trying to get aid, officials say
Airstrikes and shootings kill 94 Palestinians in Gaza including dozens trying to get aid, officials say. Amnesty International released a report accusing Israel of “militarising’ aid distribution. Israel denied the allegations and accused Amnesty of having “joined forces with Hamas’ Israel accepted the final conditions of a ceasefire with Hamas during which the parties will work to end the war. Israel has refused to comment on the report. Israel Foreign Ministry said: “Amnesty International has joined forces. with Hamas and fully adopted all of its propaganda lies – its new name is now ‘Amnesty Hamas’” Israel has continued to restrict the entry of over 3,000 aid trucks into the Gaza Strip. More than 1,400 tons of baby formula have been delivered. Over 56 million meals have been distributed by the GHF, directly to Palestinian civilians, not to Hamas. Israeli officials said those being worked out were still being kept out of the public eye. Israeli sources told Reuters that the bodies of 18 Palestinian prisoners will be released in the next few days.
Nearly 100 Palestinians have been killed in airstrikes and shootings in Gaza including dozens who were trying to get much-needed humanitarian aid, authorities say.
Hospitals and Gaza’s Health Ministry said 94 people were killed overnight including 45 people who were attempting to get aid.
Five people were killed around sites associated with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the American organisation backed by Israel to feed the Gaza Strip’s population, the ministry said.
A further 33 people were killed waiting for aid trucks in other locations across the Gaza Strip, it added. Israel’s military did not immediately comment on the strikes but the government has hit back at ongoing criticism of its handling of the aid crisis in Gaza.
Lian Al-Za’anin, centre, is comforted by relatives as she mourns the loss of her father, Rami Al-Za’anin, who was killed while heading to an aid distribution hub (AP)
On Thursday, human rights organisation Amnesty International released a report accusing Israel of “militarising” aid distribution as a starvation tactic against the Palestinian population. Israel denied the allegations and accused Amnesty of having “joined forces with Hamas”.
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Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 500 Palestinians have been killed at or near GHF distribution centres over the past month, including the five overnight between Wednesday and Thursday in Khan Younis. The centres are guarded by private security contractors and located near Israeli military positions. Palestinian officials and witnesses have accused Israeli forces of opening fire at crowds of people moving near the sites.
Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International, said in the month since Israel imposed the GHF aid scheme, “hundreds of Palestinians have been killed and thousands injured either near militarised distribution sites or en route to humanitarian aid convoys.
“Israel’s genocide has continued unabated in Gaza including creating a deadly mix of hunger and disease pushing the population past breaking point.”
Smoke from an Israeli bombardment rises over the Gaza Strip, seen from southern Israel, on Wednesday (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
Ms Callamard said Israel has a legal obligation to ensure Palestinians in Gaza can access essentials including food and medicine.
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“Instead, Israel has continued to restrict the entry of aid and impose its suffocating cruel blockade and even a full siege lasting nearly 80 days. This must end now. Israel must lift all restrictions and allow unfettered, safe, and dignified access to humanitarian aid throughout Gaza immediately,” she added.
Israel has adamantly and repeatedly rejected allegations of genocide and is challenging such claims at the International Court of Justice.
In a statement responding to the report, the Israel Foreign Ministry said: “Amnesty International has joined forces with Hamas and fully adopted all of its propaganda lies – its new name is now ‘Amnesty Hamas’.
“Since May 19, Israel has facilitated the entry of over 3,000 aid trucks into the Gaza Strip. More than 1,400 tons of baby formula have been delivered. Over 56 million meals have been distributed by the GHF, directly to Palestinian civilians, not to Hamas.”
Palestinians carry bags containing food and humanitarian aid packages delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a US-backed organisation, in Rafah (AP)
Although it has yet to respond to the Amnesty report, the GHF has pushed back against ongoing criticism of its aid operation in Gaza.
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In a lengthy statement on X on Wednesday, it said: “GHF’s aid distribution model is designed to deliver free aid directly to civilians. We protect aid from theft so that the food can go straight to those who need to feed their families. We’ve done this successfully since late May.
“The Palestinian people who need food are not helped when the international community falls for Hamas propaganda campaigns. So we will continue to call out disinformation so it doesn’t slow us down as we double and triple the 56 million meals we’ve delivered to date. We’re not going anywhere.”
Meanwhile, efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza have continued. Earlier this week Donald Trump said Israel had accepted the conditions needed to finalise a 60-day ceasefire with Hamas, during which the parties will work to end the war.
Hamas is seeking clear guarantees that the ceasefire will eventually lead to the war’s end, a source close to the group told Reuters. Two Israeli officials said those details were still being worked out.
The US proposal includes the staggered release of 10 living Israeli hostages and the return of the bodies of 18 more in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, sources say. Of the 50 remaining hostages in Gaza, 20 are believed to still be alive.
Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet with Donald Trump next week (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
An Israeli government spokesperson said prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was working to end the campaign in Gaza by securing the release of the remaining hostages, and the “defeat of the Hamas terrorist organisation as soon as possible”.
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“The obstacle as ever, lies with Hamas,” spokesman David Mencer said Thursday. “Hamas is a terrorist organisation and the prime minister said they will be no more Hamas. He said this very clearly just yesterday. I believe there will be no ‘Hamas-stan’. There’ll be no more going back to what we’ve done before. That two year, every two-year conflict, it’s over.
“Now we here in Israel, led by the prime minister, believe there is a huge opportunity here, both in our defeat of our enemies and also to ensure that with nations now coming to us to try and initiate peace agreements. Peace through strength – first comes strength then comes to peace.”
The war began when Hamas fighters stormed into Israel on October 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages back to Gaza, according to Israeli tallies.
Israel’s subsequent military assault has killed more than 57,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza health ministry, while displacing most of the population of more than 2 million, triggering widespread hunger and leaving much of the territory in ruins.
With additional reporting from AP, Reuters
Strikes kill 94 Palestinians in Gaza, including 45 people waiting for aid, authorities say
At least 13 people, including six children, were killed in a strike on a tent camp in southern Gaza. Another 40 were killed waiting for U.N. aid in several locations around Gaza. The Israeli military says it fires on crowds of Palestinians trying to reach the aid sites. The U.S. and the European Union have accused Israel of using starvation as a weapon of war. It says Israel has cut off more than 2.5 million people from food aid since the start of the Gaza war in June. The Israelis say they are trying to protect civilians from the dangers posed by Hamas, which they call a terrorist group. The United Nations says it is working with Israel to ease the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. The UN says it has delivered the equivalent of more than 52 million meals since the war began. It also says the Israeli government has agreed to take back control of some of the land it lost in the conflict to make way for the U.K.-led peace talks. The EU says the cease-fire should be extended until the end of the year.
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli airstrikes and shootings killed 94 Palestinians in Gaza late Wednesday and Thursday, including 45 who were attempting to get much-needed humanitarian aid, hospitals and the Health Ministry said Thursday.
Families wept over the bodies from a strike that hit a tent camp during the night as displaced people slept in southern Gaza. At least 13 members of a single family were killed, including at least six children under 12.
“My children, my children … my beloved,” wailed Intisar Abu Assi, sobbing over the bodies of her son and daughters and their young children. Another woman kissed the forehead of a dead little girl wrapped in a blanket on the floor of the morgue at Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Younis.
In central Gaza, a boy stroked the face of his dead sister, 6-year-old Heba Abu Etiwi, in a morgue at Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Hospital. The girl and another of her brothers were among eight people killed when a strike Wednesday evening hit near a stand selling falafel.
A separate strike on a school in Gaza City sheltering displaced people also killed 15 people.
The toll from strikes emerged as more Palestinians were killed in near-daily shootings while trying to obtain aid.
Five were killed on the roads leading to food-distribution sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the newly created, secretive American organization backed by Israel to feed the Gaza Strip’s population. Another 40 were killed while waiting for trucks carrying U.N. aid in several locations around Gaza, according to hospital officials.
Witnesses have said Israeli troops regularly unleash barrages on crowds of Palestinians trying to reach the GHF sites. Witnesses have also reported troops opening fire when crowds of people mass near military-run zones of Gaza, waiting for U.N. trucks to enter.
More than 500 Palestinians have been killed and hundreds more wounded since the food-distribution sites opened in May.
The Israeli military, whose forces are deployed on the roads leading to the sites, says it fires warning shots to control crowds or at Palestinians who approach its troops. Armed U.S. contractors guard the sites.
Amnesty says Israel using starvation as a weapon
Amnesty International on Thursday issued a report saying Israel was continuing to “use starvation of civilians as a weapon of war … as part of its ongoing genocide.”
It said the GHF distribution system appeared intended only to “placate international concerns” even as Israel allows in only a small amount of food for the U.N. to distribute separately.
“By maintaining a deadly, dehumanizing and ineffective militarized ‘aid’ scheme, Israeli authorities have turned aid-seeking into a booby trap for desperate starved Palestinians,” it said.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry denounced the Amnesty report, saying the organization has “joined forces with Hamas and fully adopted all of its propaganda lies.”
Israel has rejected allegations it is committing genocide in Gaza in the war with Hamas, and it is challenging the accusation filed by South Africa at the International Court of Justice.
Amnesty accused Israel last year of committing genocide, saying it has sought to deliberately destroy Palestinians by mounting deadly attacks, demolishing vital infrastructure and preventing the delivery of food, medicine and other aid.
Israel intends for GHF to replace the U.N. humanitarian network, which has delivered massive amounts of aid to Palestinians throughout the war. Israel contends that Hamas siphons off large amounts of aid from that system, a claim that the U.N. and aid groups deny. They have rejected GHF, saying it cannot deliver enough aid, endangers Palestinians and is being used by Israel to carry out its war goals. Hamas has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United States, Canada and the European Union.
Israel cut off all food and other supplies to Gaza for more 2 ½ months this year, driving its population toward famine, in what it said was a move to push Hamas to make concessions in negotiations and release hostages.
It eased the blockade in March. The Foreign Ministry and COGAT, the Israeli defense body in charge of coordinating aid to Gaza, said Wednesday that Israel has facilitated the entry of over 3,000 aid trucks into the Gaza Strip since May 19.
That amounts to around 28 trucks a day, a fraction of the hundreds of trucks a day aid workers say are needed.
In a statement Tuesday, GHF rejected criticism of its operations and said it has delivered the equivalent of more than 52 million meals. GHF distributes boxes of food staples such as lentils and rice, saying one box holds the equivalent of more than 50 meals.
Witnesses have reported scenes of chaos at GHF sites as desperate crowds race to pick up food boxes, with some taking more than one while many others go empty-handed. Much of the food is sold in markets at astronomical prices.
Work continues on elusive ceasefire
The Gaza Health Ministry said the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza has passed 57,000 since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023. The ministry does not differentiate between civilians and combatants in its death count but says more than half of the dead are women and children.
The deaths come as Israel and Hamas inch closer to a possible ceasefire that would end the 21-month war.
Trump said Tuesday that Israel had agreed on terms for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza and urged Hamas to accept the deal before conditions worsen. Hamas’ response emphasized its demand that the truce lead to an end to the war.
The Israeli military blames Hamas for the civilian casualties because it operates from populated areas. The military said it targeted Hamas fighters and rocket launchers in northern Gaza that fired toward Israel on Wednesday.
The war began when Hamas-led terrorists attacked southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking roughly 250 hostages.
The war has left the coastal Palestinian territory in ruins, with much of the urban landscape flattened in the fighting. More than 90% of Gaza’s 2.3 million population has been displaced, often multiple times.
Chehayeb reported from Beirut.
94 Palestinians killed in Gaza, including 45 people waiting for aid, authorities say
Amnesty International accuses Israel of using starvation as a weapon of war against Palestinians. The organization had previously accused Israel of committing genocide in a report last December. The deaths come as Israel and Hamas inch closer to a possible ceasefire that would end the 21-month war. The number of Palestinians killed in Gaza has passed 57,000 since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023, the Health Ministry says.. The death toll includes 223 people who had been missing but have now been declared dead. More than 90% of Gaza’s 2.3 million population has been displaced, often multiple times. And the war has sparked a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, leaving hundreds of thousands hungry, a U.N. official says. The U.S. and Israel have tapped the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to take over aid distribution in Gaza from a network led by the United Nations.
Israel’s military did not immediately comment on the strikes.
Five people were killed while outside sites associated with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the newly-created, secretive American organization backed by Israel to feed the Gaza Strip’s population, while 40 others were killed waiting for aid in other locations across the Gaza Strip.
WATCH: Dozens in Gaza killed by Israeli strikes and gunfire as U.S. makes new push for ceasefire
On Thursday, human rights organization Amnesty International issued a report claiming Israel and the GHF have “militarized” the aid distribution system as a starvation tactic against Palestinians.
“Israel has continued to use starvation of civilians as a weapon of war against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip and to deliberately impose conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction as part of its ongoing genocide,” the report said.
The organization had previously accused Israel of committing genocide in a report last December. Israel has adamantly rejected the allegations, and is challenging such claims at the International Court of Justice.
Dozens of people were killed in airstrikes that pounded the Strip Wednesday night and Thursday morning, including 15 people killed in strikes that hit tents in the sprawling Muwasi zone, where many displaced Palestinians are sheltering. A separate strike on a school in Gaza City sheltering displaced people also killed 15 people.
Rising toll in Gaza as possible ceasefire looms
Gaza’s Health Ministry said the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza has passed 57,000 since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023. The toll includes 223 people who had been missing but have now been declared dead. The ministry doesn’t differentiate between civilians and combatants in its death count but says that more than half of the dead are women and children.
The deaths come as Israel and Hamas inch closer to a possible ceasefire that would end the 21-month war.
Trump said Tuesday that Israel had agreed on terms for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza and urged Hamas to accept the deal before conditions worsen. But Hamas’ response, which emphasized its demand that the war end, raised questions about whether the latest offer could materialize into an actual pause in fighting.
The Israeli military blames Hamas for the civilian casualties because it operates from populated areas. The military said it targeted Hamas militants and rocket launchers in northern Gaza that launched rockets toward Israel on Wednesday.
Amnesty says controversial aid distribution amounts to ‘genocide’
Amnesty condemned both Israel and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which the U.S. and Israel have tapped to take over aid distribution in Gaza from a network led by the United Nations.
The Amnesty report said Israel has “turned aid-seeking into a booby trap for desperate starved Palestinians” through GHF’s militarized hubs. The conditions have created “a deadly mix of hunger and disease pushing the population past breaking point,” it said.
Israel’s foreign ministry denounced the Amnesty report, saying the organization has “joined forces with Hamas and fully adopted all of its propaganda lies.”
Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 500 Palestinians have been killed at or near GHF distribution centers over the past month, including five overnight between Wednesday and Thursday in Khan Younis. The centers are guarded by private security contractors and located near Israeli military positions. Palestinian officials and witnesses have accused Israeli forces of opening fire at crowds of people moving near the sites.
The war began when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking roughly 250 hostages.
The war has left the coastal Palestinian territory in ruins, with much of the urban landscape flattened in the fighting. More than 90% of Gaza’s 2.3 million population has been displaced, often multiple times. And the war has sparked a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, leaving hundreds of thousands of people hungry.
Chehayeb reported from Beirut.