On Sunday evening, the IDF labeled the allegations against the Israeli military as “false reports” in a post on X, stating that an initial inquiry showed that “the IDF did not fire at civilians” near or within the aid station.
The GHF denied the incident occurred, calling the casualty reports “untrue and fabricated.”
The incident highlights ongoing challenges in delivering aid to Gaza, even after Israel eased a nearly three-month blockade against the enclave last month.
Backed by the U.S. and Israel, the GHF has led humanitarian aid efforts since then, following Tel Aviv’s accusation against Hamas of stealing aid—a claim disputed by the militant group and traditional aid organizations. The GHF has also faced criticism from U.N. officials accusing it of contributing to the forced relocation of Palestinians in Gaza.
Witnesses claimed Israeli forces fired on crowds about a kilometer from an aid site run by an Israeli-backed foundation, as reported by Alaa Badarneh/EPA.
Philippe Lazzarini, head of the U.N. relief agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA, stated that aid distribution in Gaza had “become a death trap” and a “humiliating system” forcing “thousands of hungry [and] desperate people to walk for tens of miles to an area that’s all but pulverized.”
According to a video released by the Hamas-run Palestinian health ministry, Victoria Rose, a British surgeon at the Nasser hospital’s emergency department, reported that patients were admitted on Sunday with gunshot wounds and described the hospital situation as “absolute carnage.”
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