DaysofPal- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed 20 Palestinians and injured 150 others in targeted attacks on aid seekers in al-Sudaniya area of northwest Gaza, according to health officials and eyewitnesses.
The shooting took place near a distribution point run by the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation GHF.
The area, referred to by residents, has become a recurring site of chaos and death as desperate civilians risk their lives to receive basic supplies.
Eyewitnesses described the incident as a massacre, saying: “They opened gunfire on people in a completely frenzied manner.”
Medical sources confirmed that the majority of injuries were caused by live ammunition, with many victims shot in the head and chest.
The Israeli military claimed that troops fired only warning shots after some individuals allegedly crossed into a designated combat zone.
However, UN officials and humanitarian observers strongly dispute this account, calling the repeated violence at aid sites part of a dangerous and dehumanizing pattern.
Since the GHF system was launched in late May, over 1,050 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 5,000 injured while attempting to access food and medical supplies at GHF-run distribution centers across the Gaza Strip. Rights organizations have described the GHF model as a “kill zone,” accusing Israel of using starvation and aid as tools of warfare.
International criticism of Israeli atrocities at the aid distribution points continues to mount as UN agencies, humanitarian groups, and foreign governments have demanded an immediate overhaul of the aid delivery mechanism, warning that civilians are being systematically endangered.
The growing death toll has intensified calls for an independent investigation into what many see as war crimes.
Philippe Lazzarini, head of UNRWA, has warned that such models of aid distribution are creating “dystopian and deadly environments” and has urged an urgent return to safe, neutral aid corridors.
The Gaza Strip remains under total blockade and heavy bombardment for the 658th consecutive day.
With widespread famine, collapsed healthcare, and escalating violence at aid sites, humanitarian officials warn that Gaza’s crisis is rapidly surpassing even the bleakest projections.
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