Israeli forces have killed 60 Palestinians in Gaza in the past 24 hours, including at least 14 near the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s (GHF) aid centre in southern Rafah. The killings of Palestinians near the aid site continued on Tuesday, as several people have lost their lives at these so-called aid distribution sites, which are turning out to be “death zones” for the Palestinians.
On Monday the Gaza health ministry reported that 2 people were killed and another 92 were injured after Israeli soldiers opened fire on the aid seekers in Rafah.
The UN has criticised the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) for its role in a new aid distribution system in Gaza, which the UN and other aid groups say undermines established aid networks and may be politicising aid distribution.
The GHF, backed by the US and Israel, is responsible for a new mechanism that limits aid to specific hubs guarded by armed contractors, a system the UN views as potentially weaponising food and violating humanitarian principles.
Meanwhile, in a separate development, The Belgium-based Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) has filed a war crimes complaint in the UK over the Israeli naval raid on the British-flagged Madleen yesterday.
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“The complaint targets the Shayetet 13 unit that executed the attack and Vice Admiral David Saar Salama, who is the commander in chief of the Israeli Navy,” it said in a statement.
"The Madleen, sailing as part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, was carrying medical supplies, food, and baby formula to civilians in Gaza. The ship, legally considered an extension of UK territory, was over 60 nautical miles 111km off the coast when it was intercepted and boarded by Israel’s elite Shayetet 13 naval commandos,” it added.
The HRF foundation is named after a Gaza girl child who was allegedly shot by the Israeli forces in Gaza despite posing no threat to the IDF. The foundation has filed evidence of alleged war crimes with international criminal court against 1,000 Israelis over their actions in Gaza. Israel’s war on Gaza has so far killed around 54,927 Palestinians and wounded 126,615, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
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