At the least 13 Palestinians have been killed and greater than 150 injured after Israeli troops and American safety contractors opened hearth on crowds ready for meals close to two assist distribution websites in Gaza, one east of Rafah and one other close to the Wadi Gaza Bridge.
Sunday’s killings are the most recent in a collection of assaults on civilians in search of meals at assist centres operated by the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a US-led initiative backed by Israel in Israeli-controlled zones.
Greater than 130 individuals have now been killed and greater than 700 wounded by Israeli troops whereas desperately attempting to entry meagre meals parcels for his or her hungry households from the help websites since the GHF programme began on May 27.
At the least 9 individuals are nonetheless lacking.
In an announcement, Gaza’s Authorities Media Workplace condemned the distribution websites as “human slaughterhouses”, accusing Israeli forces of luring determined civilians to their deaths.
“These are battle crimes and crimes in opposition to humanity,” the assertion stated, urging an unbiased worldwide probe and a right away suspension of GHF’s supply mannequin.
The drive backed by Israel and america has confronted rising criticism from human rights organisations and the United Nations for violating primary humanitarian requirements and bypassing organisations which have many years of expertise distributing assist to the complete inhabitants of the besieged enclave.
‘It is a entice for us, not assist’
The most recent bloodshed reportedly started round 6am native time (03:00 GMT), as lots of of Palestinians stalked by hunger gathered close to the help level within the al-Alam space of Rafah.
Witnesses stated individuals had began forming queues as early as 4:30am, determined to get meals earlier than the location turned overwhelmed.
“After about an hour and a half, lots of moved towards the location, and the military opened hearth,” stated witness Abdallah Nour al-Din.
The Israeli army later stated its troops opened hearth on people who “continued advancing in a method that endangered the troopers”, and claimed the realm had been designated an “energetic fight zone” at evening. Nonetheless, survivors insist the taking pictures occurred after dawn.
“It is a entice for us, not assist,” stated Adham Dahman, chatting with the Related Press from Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza with a bloodied bandage on his chin. He stated a tank fired in direction of the group, and folks have been left scrambling for canopy.
Docs With out Borders (MSF) stated that 13 wounded people and one one that was useless on arrival got here to its clinic within the al-Mawasi space of southern Khan Younis at present.
MSF stated the injured and useless have been “carried in donkey carts, on bicycles, or on foot”.
The wounded have been all males between the ages of 17 and 30. The victims stated they have been shot within the Shakoush space whereas travelling to a meals distribution web site in Saudi village.
Footage from outdoors the hospital confirmed mourning households weeping over blood-soaked shrouds, as emergency employees rushed to deal with the wounded.
UN Particular Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese known as the GHF operation “humanitarian camouflage” and “a necessary tactic of this genocide”.
![People carry relief supplies from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) on June 8, 2025. The UN and major aid organisations have refused to cooperate with the GHF, citing concerns that it was designed to cater to Israeli military objectives. [Eyad Baba/AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/AFP__20250608__49L8364__v1__HighRes__PalestinianIsraelConflictUsGazaAid-1749381980.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
In a put up on social media, Albanese blamed “the ethical and political corruption of the world” for enabling the destruction of Gaza.
Al Jazeera’s correspondent Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Gaza Metropolis, stated the GHF’s supply mannequin has confirmed woefully insufficient. “Right now’s lethal assaults within the south present that the GHF is inadequate in the best way it’s working assist supply,” he stated.
“Within the north, residing situations have gotten much more tough. Individuals are not simply spending hours looking for water and meals — they’re spending the complete day. By the tip of it, many are fully exhausted and dehydrated, just because they might not discover something.”
An unnamed GHF official claimed there was no violence in or round its assist distribution websites, all three of which delivered meals on Sunday, in line with The Related Press.
Hospitals overwhelmed
The violence comes as Gaza’s Well being Ministry experiences that the overall dying toll from Israel’s ongoing battle has reached 54,880, with greater than 126,000 injured since October 7, 2023. Since Israel ended a ceasefire on March 18, 4,603 Palestinians have been killed and greater than 14,000 injured.
In simply the final 24 hours, Israeli strikes have killed not less than 108 individuals and wounded practically 400 extra throughout the besieged enclave, the ministry stated.
Hospitals are overwhelmed and on the brink of collapse, the ministry stated.
Rafah’s Crimson Cross Area Hospital has declared 12 mass casualty emergencies in simply two weeks, with greater than 900 wounded arriving throughout that interval — 41 of them already useless. Most of these handled had been attempting to achieve meals distribution websites once they have been shot or injured.
A spokesman at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah warned that gasoline provides for Gaza’s well being amenities might run out inside 48 hours, leaving sufferers with out care. “The hospital’s synthetic kidney division is out of service as a result of occupation’s assaults,” he instructed Al Jazeera.
In the meantime, the director of al-Shifa Hospital instructed Al Jazeera that the lives of 300 kidney failure sufferers cling within the stability. “We face an actual catastrophe within the hospital if electrical energy will not be supplied,” he warned.
