At least 549 Palestinians killed seeking aid from US/Israeli distribution sites

At least 549 Palestinians have been killed and 4,066 people injured while seeking humanitarian aid at distribution points run by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) since it began operating four weeks ago, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office.

Calling the aid centres “death traps" in a statement, the Gaza authority also said that 39 aid seekers are reported missing.

“What is taking place at these so-called ‘centres’ constitutes a full-fledged war crime for which the Israeli occupation bears primary and direct responsibility. We strongly condemn this ongoing crime, wherein starving civilians are lured and then systematically and deliberately gunned down on a daily basis according to pre-set schedules,” Gaza’s Government Media Office said.

“The occupation is using food as a weapon of mass killing, turning what it claims to be ‘aid’ into a tool of extermination and domination.”