US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, JUL 5 – More than 650 Palestinians have been killed near aid sites amid reports US contractors used live ammo and crowd control weapons during Gaza's ongoing humanitarian crisis.
- Two U.S. contractors anonymously told the AP that American security staff at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites have used live ammunition and stun grenades while Palestinians sought food.
- The GHF was established in February 2023 and began aid distributions at sites in Gaza in late May amid an intense Israeli blockade and military campaign following Hamas's October attack.
- Contractors described a culture lacking clear rules, with overly armed personnel firing bullets in all directions and deploying pepper spray and stun grenades, sometimes at non-threatening crowds of aid seekers.
- GHF strongly denied the allegations as categorically false, claiming gunfire heard in videos came from Israeli forces outside site perimeters and that no civilians were shot or injured at the sites.
- These conflicting accounts amplify scrutiny of GHF operations amid claims of hundreds killed and wounded near aid sites, highlighting risks to aid distribution and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
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The events reportedly occurred after food aid was distributed, and attackers reportedly threw two grenades at the organization's humanitarian personnel.
As massacres multiply around the distributions of the GHF Foundation in Gaza, this parallel aid, launched to bypass the UN, is accused of aggravating chaos. A well-oiled mechanics forced into exile under cover of humanitair
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der Standard DEPeople are starving in Gaza. The U.S. foundation GHF is supposed to take care of the supply instead of the Uno. But reports about shots of hungry people throw a dark light on the model behind it.
American contractor reports violence at controversial Gaza aid sites
The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry says hundreds of people have been killed in a month while trying to get food and medicine from a U.S. and Israeli-backed site in Gaza. New video appears to show violence at the aid distribution sites. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation denies any wrongdoing. CBS News' Debora Patta reports.
According to Doctors Without Borders (AzG), a staff member has been killed by Israeli troops. According to the aid organization, it concerns Abdullah Hammad, who died together with at least fifteen others. Follow all developments in the Middle East in our live blog.
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