A week ago, Mahmud Kasem lost his son, Kheder. The 19-year-old, Central Gaza was trying to reach a food distribution center run by the US-supported Gaza Humanitraian Foundation (GHF) at Gaza.
“The last time when his mother and I heard him that he was 11 o’clock that night. He told me that he was in a safe place – he went to the Netzerim distribution center – and I asked him to take care,” Kasem told DW from a tent in Gaza city where the family is displayed.
The 50 -year -old said, “1 o’clock, I tried to call him again, but his phone was not running the call again. I started getting worried. There was no word all the time, and I waited till 2 pm on Friday. I felt that the fire was burning inside me.”
On Friday, Kasem Central went to Gaza and examined hospitals until he came to know that Khadher was killed. When the body was finally recovered, after coordination with the Israeli army, it was shown that his son died of gunshot wounds.
“A 19 -year -old boy who was not even to live his life, all to bring a box,” Heer said, barely holding tears. Hey said that he did not want to go to Khadher, but his son felt that he needed to provide him for his family.
“The situation here is beyond the details. People are renouncing subjects to make it. Only God knows.
Food, other supply is extremely rare in Gaza
The almost daily reports of violence, injuries and murders associated with food and support distribution highlight the incredible reality that comes to Gaza’s 2.3 million inhabitants, almost completely dependent on the supply that enters through the crossing with Israel. Almost the entire population has been displaced, and about 57,000 ghazans, many of them are killed in Israeli attacks, according to October 2023, according to, according to October 2023 Palestinian Health Ministry, To analyze in May It was found that 93% of the remaining population is experiencing acute food insecurity.
Food and other supplies in Gaza are extremely rare, even with the resumption of delivery aided by the United Nations and new distribution centers, after the Israeli blockade of about three months, the US-Israeli organizations are currently open by GHF.
Israeli officials, claiming the blockade, justified that Hamas is stealing assistance and is using it to finance its operations. The claim has been dismissed by the United Nations and other international and local support groups, with a well -established network and distribution mechanism in Gaza for many years.
But aid trucks have repeatedly looted the bee, either trying to catch food by armed gangs or by common people. Meanwhile, the Israeli army intensified its aerial attack, issuing a comprehensive withdrawal order for the Lars parts of the northern and southern Gaza.
Five -year -old 44 -year -old father Saeed Abu Libda recently managed to take a sack of a truck flour near Khan Younis. “I know it was risky, but we need to eat,” he told DW by phone, as foreign journalists are not allowed in Gaza.
Abu Libda said that there were thousands of trucks, when they suddenly heard two shells. “I saw people on the ground, some were injured, some were cut into pieces. I was injured in my stomach with a pellet, but fortunately it was a slight injury.”
Hundreds of people killed near food distribution sites in recent weeks
In Hamas-Shasit Gaza, the Ministry of Health has recently placed the number of people killed by Israeli airstrikes, firing and bombing in recent weeks to more than 500 500. Most of the thesis suffering were waiting on food distribution sites or trucks.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry on Tuesday rejected the thesis claims in a post shared on X, and accused Hamas of firing on the citizens. This claimed that the testimony from the resident of Gaza suggests that “the IDF spreads false claims, increase casualties, and transmit fake footage.”
On Tuesday, about 130 of the world’s largest donations and non -governmental organizations, including Oxfam and Save the Children, urged that GHF be shut down. He said that the foundation forced thousands of people to be hungry in terrorized areas, where they faced bullets while trying to reach aid for a lifetime.
GHF President Johnny Moore said during a press conference at Brussels on Wednesday that GHF would not stop operations. Hey Foundation had given more than 55 million food to date and was ready to work with the United Nations and other aid agencies. He said that the Ghazan Health Ministry “releases a figure of the number of civic casualties every day and wait for 100% of those citizens for assistance – every time, waiting for our help, virtue.”
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said on several occasions that it has fired “warning shots” on the person who reached military positions near the help distribution sites. It has not released any information about casualties.
But on June 27, left the Israeli newspaper Hair net Published on Israeli soldiers allege that a green light was given to open a fire near food distribution sites.To keep them away from Israeli posts within military areas.
Uncurrent soldiers interviewed in the article said they had used fatal force against people who fulfilled any threat. Hair net So what did the army investigate whether Thesis Action breaks international law and the formation of capacity was a crime.
In a joint statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katj rapidly dismissed the article, which “malicious lies, IDF designed, designed, which was the most moral army in the world.”
The IDF dismissed the allegations in a Israeli media statement that any force had not ordered the bees “to deliberately shoot the citizens, including the distribution centers,”.
But three days later, on Monday, the Israeli army said in light of “learn lessons”, the IDF decided to reorganize roads and aid centers, to establish warning signals to “reduce friction with population and maintain safety of soldiers operating on the ground.”
The Gaza Humanitraian Foundation has repeatedly claimed that there is no violence on its sites, instead accused of not reporting the truth on foreign media outlets. Moore said, “We have not had a single violent incident at our distribution sites. We have not done a violent incident in close proximity to our distribution sites.”
Carred after allegations Hair netHowever, GHF stated that thesis was “very serious to ignore” and called for an investigation.
‘We just get enough to keep us alive’
Meanwhile, desperate Palestinians often have to walk through the area spread over for hours to re-read the distribution centers located in the Israeli-declared military areas. These centers are usually open only for a short time, and it is often not clear that people can collect safely and wait for hours.
Ahmed Abu Rada told DW by phone at Mavsi, Dakshin Gaza, “The road is very dangerous, and I try not to distract from the main road to reach there.” “We wait for the announcement to open the centers, and during long wait, there is heavy shelling from many directions.”
Abu Rada said that he went to a GHF site in Rafa several times, and managed to get a prepaped box with flour, pulses, pasta, tea, cooking oil. “When entering the place, there is a lot of chaos due to a large number of people,” he said, calling the distribution process randomly. “There is no inspection or limit that can take the number of boxes.”
Like other people interviewed for this article, Abu Raida felt that in general, the process was derogatory and unfair. There is no need for the help of elderly people, women or those who do not stand a chance. “What can we do? We do not have ENOH food or income to buy from markets where prices are too high,” he said. “So everything we receive is enough to keep us alive.”
Edited by: Martin Cubbler
