US EditionNearly 800 People Killed While Receiving Aid in Gaza, Says UN Human Rights Office
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, JUL 11 – At least 615 deaths occurred near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites amid ongoing conflict and blockade, with aid efforts criticized for lacking neutrality and safety safeguards, UN reports.
- Since late May 2025, at least 798 Palestinians have been killed near food aid distribution sites in Gaza operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
- These killings occurred within a context of a severe humanitarian crisis caused by an 11-week blockade, restricted supplies, and widespread destruction across Gaza.
- Eyewitness and medical accounts describe frequent shootings, explosions, and stampedes near aid points, with injuries mostly from bullets to legs, torsos, and abdomens.
- Senior surgeon Victoria Rose remarked that the scale and severity of injuries she witnessed were unprecedented in her career, noting that shortages of antibiotics and poor nutrition contributed to the decline in patients' health.
- The UN and humanitarian groups criticize the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's aid model as unsafe and lacking neutrality, which risks civilian lives and violates humanitarian standards.
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UN reports 798 deaths near Gaza aid hubs in six weeks
The UN rights office said on Friday it had recorded at least 798 killings within the past six weeks at aid points in Gaza run by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and near convoys run by other relief groups. The GHF uses private US security and logistics companies to get supplies into Gaza, largely bypassing a UN-led system that Israel alleges has let Hamas-led militants loot aid shipments intended for civilians. Hamas deni…
Nearly 800 killed seeking aid from GHF in Gaza
GENEVA: Nearly 800 people have died trying to access aid in Gaza since late May, with most killed near the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s (GHF) sites, the United Nations said on Friday. An officially private effort, the GHF began operations on May 26 after Israel halted supplies into the Gaza Strip for more than two months, sparking warnings of imminent famine. Since those operations began and through July 7, UN rights off…
The numbers of the United Nations speak for themselves. Since May 27, the day the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation started distributing aid, nearly 800 people have died in line for food...
The Israeli army claims to have "taken lessons" from deadly incidents.
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