Israel kills nearly 600 Palestinians at aid centres: All you need to know

 Israel kills nearly 600 Palestinians at aid centres: All you need to know

Hundreds of people have been killed in search of aid in Gaza, as a deepening famine and limited access to food leave hundreds of thousands hungry and malnourished.

Since May 27, at least 583 Palestinians have been killed and 4,186 injured while waiting for food at aid distribution sites operated by the Israeli- and United States-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), according to the Gaza Strip’s Ministry of Health.

The killings have occurred daily as famine looms over the besieged enclave. International organisations have warned for weeks that Gaza’s 2.1 million residents face catastrophic food shortages with markets emptied, clean water scarce, and aid deliveries sporadic and dangerous.

In the first eight days of the GHF’s operation, more than 100 people were killed by gunfire from Israeli forces.

Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Gaza City, said the GHF remains the only source of food in the Strip as Israel continues to place severe restrictions on the entry of supplies by other groups.

“A lot of people here are trying to stay away from the GHF’s centres because of the danger involved in going to them because of the ongoing and deliberate shootings of aid seekers there,” Mahmoud said. “But again, staying away is not an answer because if there are no food parcels, it means that children are going to go to bed hungry.”



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