At least 20 killed in crush at US-backed GHF aid site

At least 20 people were killed in a love in a love distribution center in Southern Gaza, led by the organization and a local hospital, the US and Israeli -backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

GHF, 19 Khan Younis region in the region “in the midst of a chaotic and dangerous fluctuation” stabbed, he said. He added that people believe in “armed and connected to Hamas” Foment unrest.

However, Gaza’s government media office, run by Hamas, rejected the claim and accused GHF of trying to “cover up” a crime.

Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis said that 21 people who died without drowning in tear gas inhalation and crush in the aid zone, he said.

For the first time, GHF confirmed deaths in one of the fields of aid.

The Government Media Office accused the US private security loaders, who distributed aid to the GHF, causing the site to be crushed by closing the doors of the site after collecting thousands of people in narrow channels to collect food and then firing tear gas and live tours.

In a graphic video shared on social media and confirmed by the BBC, a witness standing in a car full of the bodies of six men and men in Nasser Hospital, said they were crushed among the fences established in the GHF region while waiting for food notes.

“They are children. What is their mistake to die for help?” The man screams while holding one of the men’s body.

“What happened [that] At the door of help [site]Foreigners made a fence here and a fence here, “pointed out.” The children went forward and people came and stepped on them. “

Since the GHF started operations in late May, there are almost daily reports that Palestinians were killed while looking for help. Witnesses say most of them have been shot by Israeli forces.

The UN Human Rights Office said on Tuesday that the GHF has been murders so far near the four regions of GHF in the southern and central Gaza for the last six weeks. He added that 201 murder was recorded during the routes of the UN and other aid convoys.

On Wednesday, GHF refused to be a fatal event close to its sites and accused the UN of using “false and misleading” figures from the Ministry of Health, operated by Hamas of Gaza.

The Israeli army said last week that there were events that civilians were damaged and that he was trying to minimize possible friction between the population and the population. [Israeli] As much as possible “.

The GHF uses private security contractors to distribute aid from areas in Israeli military zones.

The UN refuses to cooperate with it by defining its installation as unethical.