2 injured US workers at the Gaza’s help distribution site; The Palestinians killed by air attacks amid attempts to find food

Two American humanitarian workers with the United States and Israel. Gaza Humanitarian Foundation They were injured in southern Gaza in an attack on a food distribution site on Saturday. The organization said the attack was carried out by Hamas, but did not provide more evidence.

The GHF said that the assailants threw grenades into a distribution site in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza. Later, the Foundation published a photo of the fragments of the explosive device and affirmed, without providing evidence, which was detonated by Hamas militants. He said the injuries were not potentially mortal, and the two men received medical attention.

In a publication on the social media platform X, the spokesman for the United States Department of State, Tammy Bruce, also accused Hamas terrorists of attacking the GHF distribution site, without providing evidence.

“This act of violence against people who actually contribute relief to the Gazans and exposed the depravation of Hamas. GHF has contributed more than 62 million meals, nothing will stop these brave help workers,” he said. “We are praying for the rapid recovery of injured Americans.”

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that he wanted the “rapid recovery” of humanitarian workers.

“Foundation employees are doing an important job and I thank President Trump for help,” he said in a translated statement. “The entire world needs to stand up and condemn the serious incident, which again reveals the brutality of Hamas. The UN must stop opposing the activity of the help foundation and act in concert so that the latter continues to act safely on behalf of the residents of the Gaza Strip.”

Meanwhile, Israeli air attacks killed 14 people in the Strip in Gaza, said hospital officials in Gaza to The News on Saturday.

The strikes hit tents in the Muwasi area at the southern end of the Mediterranean coast of Gaza, killing seven people, including a Palestinian doctor and their three children, according to Nasser hospital in Khan Younis.

Four others were killed in the city of Bani Suheila in southern Gaza, and three people died in three different attacks in Khan Younis. The Israeli army did not provide immediate comments on strikes.

Some progress made in high fire efforts

The last bloodshed occurs when high fire efforts led by the United States destined to stop a war of almost 21 months seem to be gaining impulse.

Hamas gave a “positive” answer At the last minute of Friday to the last US proposal for a 60 -day truce, but said that more conversations about implementation were needed.

Hamas has been looking for guarantees that the initial truce would lead to a total end of the war and the withdrawal of the Israeli troops of Gaza. Hamas has also said that they want the aid to be delivered exclusively by the UN and its partners, and that the GHF closes.

Netanyahu’s office said in a statement on Saturday that he would send to his negotiation team for conversations in Qatar on Sunday, one day before Netanyahu is expected to travel to Washington, DC, to meet with Trump at the White House.

However, his office said that the “changes” that Hamas asked for the proposal of Alto El Fuego “are unacceptable for Israel.”

Mr. Trump has been Pressing for a high fire agreement. Netanyahu has previously ruled out the war until all hostages are released and the military and government capacity of Hamas has been permanently destroyed.

“We can’t stand it anymore,” said Saleh Abu Odeh to News on Saturday morning. He said he has been displaced countless times within the territory devastated by war. “We pray that there is a stop the fire, regardless of the demands. Only agree and let people breathe.”

The Palestinians die looking for food

In addition to those killed in air attacks, 10 Palestinians were killed while they He looked for food In the conflict enclave, Gaza hospital officials told News. Eight were killed near a GHF aid distribution site in Rafah, the hospital said. A Palestinian was also killed near another GHF point in Rafah. It was not clear how far the Palestinians of the sites were.

GHF denied that the murders occurred near their sites. Previously, the organization has said that no one has been shot in their sites, which are Protected by private contractors But you can only access, passing Israeli military positions hundreds of meters away. News themezone previously reported that a contractor said his colleague had shot the crowd in an aid site.

The army did not have immediate comments, but has said that it triggers the warning shots as a multitudo control measure and only points to people when their troops are threatened.

A Palestinian was also killed waiting for the crowds of help trucks in eastern Khan Younis, Nasser hospital officials said. The United Nations and other international organizations contribute their own help supplies. It was not clear to which organization the help trucks were waiting belonged, but the incident did not seem to be connected to the GHF operations.

Palestinian multitudes often wait for trucks and download or serve their content before reaching their destinations. These trucks must go through areas under Israeli military control. The Israeli army did not immediately comment on the incident.

The GHF, an initiative supported by the United States and Israel to avoid the UN, distributes help from four sites surrounded by Israeli troops, three of which are at the southern end of Gaza.

The UN and other humanitarian groups have rejected the GHF system, saying that it allows Israel to use food as a weapon, violates humanitarian principles and is not effective.

Israel says that Hamas has been diverting the aid delivered by the UN, a claim that the UN denies. Hamas has urged the Palestinians not to cooperate with the GHF.

GHF, which is registered in Delaware, began distributing food in May to the Palestinians, who say that Israeli troops open fire almost every day towards crowds on roads that are directed to the distribution points, through Israeli military areas. Several hundred people have been killed and hundreds more injured, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, directed by Hamas, and witnesses.

The War in Gaza launched after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking another 250 hostages. Israel responded with an offensive that killed more than 57,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, directed by Hamas, displaced almost all 2 million people from Gaza and left many to the edge of the famine.

The Ministry is led by medical professionals used by the Gaza government. It does not differ between civilians and combatants, but the UN and other international organizations see their figures as the most reliable statistics on war victims.

Debora Patta contributed to this report.

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