US EditionHuman Rights Watch Says Israel Committing War Crimes in Alleged Killings of Gazans at Aid Sites
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, AUG 1 – Human Rights Watch accuses Israel and US-backed forces of killing at least 859 Palestinians at Gaza aid sites amid a siege and blockade that worsened hunger and starvation.
- On Friday, Human Rights Watch accused US-backed Israeli forces of turning aid sites in Gaza into `death traps`, citing killings and starvation tactics.
- The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began in late May, sidelining the UN-led system amid Israel's tightened siege and aid diversion claims.
- Human Rights Watch and UN monitors documented that at least 859 Palestinians were killed while seeking aid at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites between May 27 and July 31, most in Israeli military zones.
- Amid worsening bloodshed, Human Rights Watch urged the international community to pressure Israel to end lethal force, lift the blockade, and shut down the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid mechanism.
- After nearly 22 months of war, the UN reports Gaza is slipping into famine, and HRW urges the UN to take over humanitarian operations under ICJ measures.
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Deadly Clashes Disrupt Gaza Aid as Famine Deepens - teleSUR English
Amid deepening famine in Gaza, international alarm is mounting as fatal shootings near aid distribution sites expose the lethal risks Palestinians face in trying to access food. RELATED: Gaza Under Worst-Case Famine Scenario, WHO Warns With Gaza teetering on the brink of full-scale famine, recent incidents of violence at humanitarian aid sites have intensified scrutiny of the ongoing relief operations. Despite limited Israeli efforts to pause ho…
Gaza. U.S. Special Envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, and U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, visited yesterday an aid distribution center operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF, sponsored by Washington and Tel Aviv) in Rafah, in the south of the strip, where hundreds of Palestinians have been killed while searching for food.
The NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) this Friday accused Israeli forces operating around GHF's aid distribution centers of shooting at Palestinian civilians seeking help and illegally using hunger as a weapon of war. "Israeli forces backed by the United States and private contractors have established a faulty and militarized aid distribution system that has turned aid distribution into real bloodbaths," said Belkis Wille, deputy director of HRW's cr…
The Israeli army has not yet pronounced itself on the event that would have coincided with the inspection of Witkoff HRW accuses Israel of “war crimes” for the killings at the aid distribution points
HRW: Israel committing war crimes at US-backed Gaza aid sites
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has found that Israel is committing war crimes by deliberately killing Palestinians as they attempt to access food aid at US- and Israeli-backedGaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) sites. In a damning report published on Friday, HRW described the killings as "serious violations of international law and war crimes". Palestinians have been fatally shot on a near-daily basis at GHF aid distribution sites, which are located wi…
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