US EditionUN body says over 1,000 have been killed seeking food in Gaza since May as hunger crisis worsens
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, JUL 22 – The United Nations reports 1,054 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces near aid sites since late May, with 766 deaths linked to Gaza Humanitarian Foundation locations, worsening Gaza's food crisis.
- On Tuesday, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said `The so called 'GHF' distribution scheme is a sadistic death trap`, adding that snipers open fire randomly on crowds as if they are given a licence to kill.
- After Israel imposed a full blockade on Gaza on March 2, 2025, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began aid supplies in late May once restrictions eased, Philippe Lazzarini noted.
- UNRWA estimates show more than 1,000 people killed since late May, with the majority near GHF sites and 201 on other convoys' routes.
- UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said staff, doctors and humanitarian workers are fainting on duty due to hunger and exhaustion, adding `No one is spared: caretakers in Gaza are also in need of care.`
- UN officials are calling for an independent investigation into the killings and have appealed for a humanitarian ceasefire to ensure safe passage for food and medical supplies.
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The Ghf's distribution scheme is a sadistic death trap - denounced the head of the "Unrwa" (the UN agency for Palestinian refugees), Philippe Lazzarini. The snipers shoot at random on the crowd, as if they had license to kill the people.
Aid flows, yet Palestinians die: The numbers behind the starvation in Gaza
Residents can't cook hummus, access to aid distribution centers is limited and there's no order or logic to packages are distributed. Gaza Humanitarian Foundation may boasts of its successes, but in the parallel world of the Gaza Strip - residents are simply dying of hunger
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