32 Palestinians killed trying to communicate with the American group

Israeli troops opened fire on Saturday towards multitudes of Palestinians looking for food from distribution centers led by a US-, group backed by Israelis In southern Gaza, killing 32 people, according to witnesses and hospital officials.

The two incidents occurred near the centers operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. In another violence, two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air attack in the city of Gaza, health officials said.

The GHF Operations launched at the end of May with support from the United States and Israel. The two governments seek to replace the UNU traditional aid distribution system in Gaza, saying that Hamas militants divert the supplies. The UN denies the accusation.

While the GHF says that it has distributed millions of meals to the hungry Palestinians, local health officials and witnesses say that hundreds of people have been killed by the fire of the Israeli army while trying to reach the distribution centers.

The army, which is not in the sites, but ensures them from a distance, says that it only shoots warning shots if the crowds get too close to their strength.

The GHF, which uses private armed guards, says there have been no mortal shootings in their sites, although this week, 20 people were killed in one of their locations, most of them in a stampede. The group accused Hamas agitators of causing panic, but did not give evidence to support the claim.

In a statement, the GHF said there were no incidents in their sites or near their sites. He said that the informed Israeli shootings occurred far from the sites and hours before they opened. “We have repeatedly warned help search engines that do not travel to our sites during the night and the early hours of the morning,” he said.

The Israeli army said he had fired “warning shots” near Rafah after a group of suspects approached the troops and ignored the calls to maintain his distance. He said he was investigating victims reports, but pointed out that the incident occurred during the night when the distribution site was closed.

‘Indiscriminate fire’

The majority of Saturday’s deaths occurred when the Palestinians concentrated in the Teina area, about two miles from a GHF aid distribution center east of the city of Khan Younis.

Mahmoud Mokeimar, an eyewitness, said he was walking with masses of people, mostly young men, towards the food center. The troops fired warning shots while the crowds advanced, before opening fire to the people of the march.

“It was a massacre … the occupation opened fire indiscriminately,” he said. He said he managed to flee, but saw at least three motionless bodies lying on the ground, and many other injured fled.

Akram Aker, another witness, said the troops fired machine guns mounted on tanks and drones. He said the shooting occurred between 5 am and 6 am

“They surrounded us and started shooting directly towards us,” he said. He said he saw many victims lying on the floor.

Sanaa Al-Jaberi, a 55-year-old woman, said he saw many dead and injured while fleding the area.

“We shouted: ‘Food, food’, but they didn’t talk to us. They simply opened fire,” he said.

Monzer Fesife, a Palestinian-Jordano, said his 19-year-old son Hisham was among those killed in the Teina area.

“He went to bring food from the failed sionist help from the United States to feed us,” said six -year -old father, begging the Jordanian government to help them evacuate them from the Palestinian enclave.

Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis said he received 25 bodies, along with wounds.

Seven people, including a woman, were killed in the Shakoush area, hundreds of meters (yards) north of another GHF center in the southernmost city of Rafah in Gaza, said the hospital. The toll was also confirmed by the Ministry of Health.

Dr. Mohamed Saker, head of the Nasser Nursing Department, said he received 70 people injured. He told News that most of the victims were fired in their heads and chests, and that some were placed in the already overwhelmed intensive care unit.

“The situation is difficult and tragic,” he said, adding that the installation lacks very necessary medical supplies to treat the daily flow of victims.

Meanwhile, Fares Awad, head of the ambulance and emergency service of the Ministry of Health in Northern Gaza, confirmed the two deaths in the city of Gaza. He said that an air attack hit a tent in a camp that takes refuge to displaced families in the courtyard of the Ministry of Development. There were no more details about the goal of the strike.

The Israeli army said he had achieved about 90 goals during Gaza during the last day and that he had killed militants and had attacked the “terrorist infrastructure” in northern Gaza and the city of Gaza.

Humanitarian crisis

The more than 2 million Palestinians from Gaza live through a catastrophic humanitarian crisis, and the territory is staggering on the edge of famine, according to food security experts.

The distribution in GHF sites has often been chaotic. The food boxes are stacked on the ground inside the centers and, once open, the crowds are charged to take what they can, according to witnesses and videos published by GHF himself.

In the recently obtained videos by the AP of an American contractor who works with GHF, contractors are using tear gas and stunned grenades to keep the crowds behind metal fences or to force them to disperse. You can also hear shots.

Hamas triggered the 21 -month -old war in Gaza when terrorists broke into southern Israel On October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking Another 250 hostages hostages.

An Israeli military offensive has killed more than 58,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health led by Hamas, displaced almost all 2 million people in Gaza and caused a generalized destruction.

The ministry does not say how many militants are among the dead, although it says that more than half were women and children. The Ministry is part of the Hamas government, but the UN and other international organizations sees it as the most reliable data source on war casualties.

Israel and Hamas have been holding The high the fire conversations in Qatar In recent weeks. But international mediators say there have been no progress in conversations.

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